AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 891:

  Codes from category 655, known or suspected fetal abnormality affecting the mother, should

  A. be assigned if the fetal conditions are documented.
  B. be assigned at the discretion of the physician.
  C. be assigned when they affect the management of the mother.
  D. never be assigned.
  C. be assigned when they affect the management of the mother.

• Question 892:

  Infertility secondary to pelvic peritoneal adhesions. Surgery performed is laparoscopic lysis of adhesions.

  

  A. 628.2, 614.6, 65.81
  B. 628.2, 54.21, 65.81
  C. 614.6, 65.81, 54.21
  D. 614.6, 54.21
  A. 628.2, 614.6, 65.81

• Question 893:

  All of the following are among Joint Commission's initial core measure sets for hospitals EX

  A. acute myocardial infarction.
  B. diabetes.
  C. pneumonia.
  D. surgical procedures and complications.
  B. diabetes.

• Question 894:

  The medical record documentation is unclear as to whether the condition was present on admission.

  A. Y=Yes
  B. N=No
  C. U=Unknown
  D. W=clinically undetermined
  E. Unreported/Not Used (Exempt from POA) reporting
  C. U=Unknown

• Question 895:

  Employing the SOAP style of progress notes, choose the "assessment" statement from the following:

  A. patient states low back pain with sciatica is as severe as it was on admission.
  B. patient moving about very cautiously, appears to be in pain.
  C. adjust pain medication; begin physical therapy tomorrow.
  D. sciatica unimproved with hot pack therapy.
  D. sciatica unimproved with hot pack therapy.

• Question 896:

  A toxic goiter has what distinguishing characteristic?

  A. iodine deficiency.
  B. parathyroid involvement
  C. presence of muscle spasm
  D. thyroid hyperfunction
  D. thyroid hyperfunction

• Question 897:

  The ownership of the information contained in the physical medical/health record is considered to belong to the

  A. patient.
  B. hospital.
  C. physician.
  D. insurance company.
  A. patient.

• Question 898:

  With the passage of Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act) in 1965, which of the following functions became mandatory?

  A. quality improvement
  B. risk management
  C. quality assessment
  D. utilization review
  D. utilization review

• Question 899:

  As HIM Department Director, you are on the implementation team for the new MPI. You have been assigned the responsibility of looking at every data element stored in the system and establishing criteria for the use of each. An example of what you are doing ______ is below:

  

  You are responsible for the

  A. data flow diagram.
  B. decision tree.
  C. data dictionary.
  C. data dictionary.

• Question 900:

  The coding supervisor tends to deal with issues as they come up, prioritizing only w problems are pressing or appear to be important to upper management. This crisis manager particularly weak in which management function?

  A. planning
  B. organizing
  C. controlling
  D. budgeting
  A. planning