AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 941:

  The local safety council requests statistics on the number of head injuries occurring as a result of skateboarding accidents during the last year. To retrieve this data, you will need to have the correct

  A. CPT code.
  B. Standard Nomenclature of Injuries codes.
  C. E-codes and ICD-9-CM codes.
  D. HCPCS Level II codes.
  C. E-codes and ICD-9-CM codes.

• Question 942:

  Arizona Health System has numerous semiretired staff. The Human Resources Department has provided training regarding the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), emphasizing that it protects employees and applicants between what ages?

  A. 50 and 75
  B. 45 and 99
  C. 62 and 85
  D. 40 and 70
  D. 40 and 70

• Question 943:

  Bilateral sensorineural conductive hearing loss

  

  A. 389.22
  B. 389.21
  C. 389.9
  D. 389.20
  A. 389.22

• Question 944:

  What type of filing system is being used if records are filed in the following order: 12-23-75, 12-34-29, 12-35-71, 13-42-14, 14-32-79?

  A. terminal digit.
  B. straight numeric.
  C. social security number.
  D. middle digit.
  B. straight numeric.

• Question 945:

  You are conducting an educational session on benchmarking. You tell your audience that the to benchmarking is to use the comparison to

  A. implement your QI process.
  B. make recommendations for improvement.
  C. improve your department's processes.
  D. compare your department with another.
  C. improve your department's processes.

• Question 946:

  When substituting a photocopy of the original record in response to legal process, which of the following can be helpful in convincing the court to accept the photocopy as a true and exact copy of the original?

  A. certificate of authentication
  B. consent from the patient
  C. consent from the hospital administrator
  D. correspondence from the attending physician
  A. certificate of authentication

• Question 947:

  The case-mix index (CMI) for the top 10 MS-DRGs above is

  A. 1.164.
  B. 1.278.
  C. .7823.
  D. 1.097.
  B. 1.278.

• Question 948:

  A patient with leukemia is admitted for chemotherapy 5 weeks after experiencing an acute myocardial infarction. How will the MI be coded?

  A. acute MI with 5th digit 1--initial episode of care
  B. acute MI with 5th digit 2--subsequent episode of care
  C. history of MI
  D. chronic MI
  B. acute MI with 5th digit 2--subsequent episode of care

• Question 949:

  Herniated lumbar intervertebral disc with paresthesia; lumbar laminectomy with diskectomy performed.

  A. 722.11, 80.51, 03.09
  B. 839.20, 80.51
  C. 722.10, 80.59, 03.09
  D. 722.10, 80.51
  D. 722.10, 80.51

• Question 950:

  Sex-linked genetic diseases

  A. are transmitted during sexual activity.
  B. involve a defect on a chromosome.
  C. occur equally between males and females.
  D. occur only in males.
  B. involve a defect on a chromosome.