AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 971:

  Based on this patient volume, the MS-DRG which brings in the highest total reimbursement to the hospital is

  A. 470.
  B. 247.
  C. 392.
  D. 871.
  A. 470.

• Question 972:

  Which statistical analysis would be the best technique to use on the following problem?

  A study compared the effects of retesting on the scores of students who failed a writing test. Students who did not pass on their first attempt were allowed to retest. Results showed that students had higher mean scores at at retest whether they attended additional tarinig before retesting or not.

  A. descriptive stats
  B. ANOVA
  C. regression
  D. T test
  D. T test

• Question 973:

  Your hospital is working toward the implementation of an electronic health record. In the meantime you are using an electronic document management system. The EDMS is an example of a(n):

  A. EHR
  B. bridge technology
  C. knowledge-based system
  D. clinical decision support system
  C. knowledge-based system

• Question 974:

  ICD-10-CM has two categories for myocardial infarction: I21, Acute myocardial infarction I22, Subsequent acute myocardial infarction.According to the guidelines, a code from I21 is to be used from onset of the acute MI until __________ following onset.

  A. 10 weeks
  B. 8 weeks
  C. 6 weeks
  D. 4 weeks
  D. 4 weeks

• Question 975:

  Who decides whether all or portions of the medical record will be received in evidence in a court of law?

  A. presiding judge/court
  B. subpoenaing attorney
  C. clerk of the court
  D. defendant
  A. presiding judge/court

• Question 976:

  The fourth step is

  A. cases are differentiated based on the presence or absence of complications/ comorbidites (CCs) or major complications comorbidites (MCCS).
  B. cases are divided into either a surgical partition or a medical partition.
  C. the principal diagnosis determines the MDC assignment.
  D. diagnoses and procedures are coded using ICD-9-CM.
  A. cases are differentiated based on the presence or absence of complications/ comorbidites (CCs) or major complications comorbidites (MCCS).

• Question 977:

  The hospital needs information system A to share information with information system B. The ability to exchange data between these two systems is known as

  A. electronic data interchange.
  B. interoperability.
  C. messaging standards.
  D. data exchange.
  B. interoperability.

• Question 978:

  According to terminal digit filing, what would be the number of the record immediately after record number 99-99-30?

  A. 99-98-30
  B. 00-00-31
  C. 01-00-31
  D. 99-99-31
  B. 00-00-31

• Question 979:

  The same patient was admitted on three different occasions and assigned a new medical record number each time. In order to correct this situation in a unit numbering system, which medical record number should be used given the following information? Admitted 5/04/07 Patty Miller 23-33-56 Admitted 6/05/07 P.J. Miller 25-56-88 Admitted 9/27/07 Patricia Miller 27-12-12

  A. Void the first and last numbers and file all admissions under 25-56-88.
  B. Delete all previous numbers and assign a completely new number.
  C. Void the first two numbers and file all admissions under 27-12-12.
  D. Void the last two numbers and file all admissions under 23-33-56.
  D. Void the last two numbers and file all admissions under 23-33-56.

• Question 980:

  Community Hospital Administration decided to change the number of adult and children beds from 300 to 375 effective July 1. The total number of inpatient service days for adults and children for the year was 111,963. What was the percentage of occupancy rate for adults and children for the entire year?

  A. 0.9%
  B. 45.4%
  C. 90.8%
  D. 91.0%
  C. 90.8%