AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 961:

  Looking at the data represented in the scatter diagram below, you would conclude that there is

  

  A. no correlation between Variable A and Variable B
  B. a positive correlation between Variable A and Variable B
  C. a negative correlation between Variable A and variable B
  D. a cause and effect relationship between Variable A and Variable B
  B. a positive correlation between Variable A and Variable B

• Question 962:

  A union is engaged in an organizing campaign in a hospital facility. Which activity should management personnel AVOID during this time?

  A. telling employees that they are free to join or not to join any organization without threat to their status with the facility
  B. telling employees of the disadvantages that may result from belonging to a union
  C. promising employees a pay increase or promotion if they vote against the union
  D. telling employees the benefits they presently enjoy
  C. promising employees a pay increase or promotion if they vote against the union

• Question 963:

  Latent schizophrenia, chronic with acute exacerbation

  A. 295.52
  B. 295.55
  C. 295.54
  D. 295.53
  C. 295.54

• Question 964:

  Differentiate between authentication and authorization.

  A. Authentication is confirming that you are able to log into the system; authorization is determining what you can do.
  B. Authentication is determining what you can do; authorization is confirming that you are able to log into the system.
  C. Authentication is confirming that you are able to log into the system; authorization is identifying what a user did in the system.
  D. Authentication is determining what you can do and authorization is identifying what a user did in the system.
  A. Authentication is confirming that you are able to log into the system; authorization is determining what you can do.

• Question 965:

  You are preparing a training program for specific functional areas of the department (e.g. coding; transcription, etc.). Which of the following is the primary factor to consider in developing an effective training program?

  A. credentials of the employees
  B. objectives of each functional area
  C. cost of training the employees
  D. number of employees to be trained
  B. objectives of each functional area

• Question 966:

  As part of quality improvement study you have been asked to provide information on the menstrual history, number of pregnancies, and number of living children on each OB patient from a stack of old obstetrical records the best place in the record to locate this information is the

  A. prenatal record.
  B. labor and delivery record.
  C. postpartum record.
  D. discharge summary.
  A. prenatal record.

• Question 967:

  Which filing system would provide the most convenient method for the record retrieval of 200 patients consecutively admitted to the hospital?

  A. terminal digit
  B. unit.
  C. straight numeric
  D. serial unit.
  C. straight numeric

• Question 968:

  Based on the information below, what was the net death rate at Seaside Hospital in January?

  

  A. 2.4%
  B. 2.8%
  C. 3.8%
  D. 5.8%
  A. 2.4%

• Question 969:

  Your large office practice has decided to try an e-health initiative. They have established a practice Web site and encourage patients to submit questions electronically instead of calling the advice nurse. After an initial surge in interest, very few patients use the service. The Web site is attractive and easy to navigate. Questions submitted via the site are answered by the nursing staff within 2 working days. You suspect few patients use the service because

  A. most of your patients are too old to be Internet savvy.
  B. the turnaround time is too long to. replace the advice nurse.
  C. the nurses may be using language that is too technical for patients.
  D. most patients just prefer the personal touch they get on the phone.
  B. the turnaround time is too long to. replace the advice nurse.

• Question 970:

  As a HIM coding supervisor, you are asked to compare the current coding process with proposed concurrent coding process. What visual tool would be the best to identify all the logical steps and sequence of each procedure?

  A. decision matrix
  B. cause and effect diagram
  C. flowchart
  D. run chart
  C. flowchart