Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

There are a limited number of late effect codes in ICD-9-CM. When coding a residual condition where there is no applicable late effect code, one should code

Boil, left face; incision and drainage

Obstetric patient comes in for a pelvimetery with placental placement.

One of the most common rater biases that affect an employee's evaluation is the halo effect halo effect suggests that the supervisor

In ICD-9-CM, when an exploratory laparotomy is performed followed by a therapeutic procedure, the coder reports

Rheumatoid arthritis typically affects the

Your HIS Department receives an authorization for Sara May's medical history to be sent to her attorney, but the expiration date noted on the authorization has passed. What action is appropriate according to HIPAA privacy rules?

Diabetic microvascular disease occurs

Patient has been on the bone marrow transplant recipient list for 3 months. A perfect match was made and the patient came in and received peripheral stem cell transplant.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), prior to employment, it is illegal to require a

Blindness due to an allergic reaction to ampicillin administered 6 years ago would be reported as a(n)

Patient complains of recurrent syncope following carotid thromboendarterectomy. Patient returns 2 weeks after initial surgery and undergoes repeat carotid thromboendarterectomy.

Fee schedules are updated by third party payers

Gary's primary concern is job continuity and adequate health insurance for his large family. level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs does Gary operate from?

Patient is admitted to the hospital with acute abdominal pain. The attending medical physician requests a surgical consult. The consultant agrees to see the patient and conducts a comprehensive history and physical examination. The physician ordered lab work to rule out pancreatitis, along with an ultrasound of the gallbladder and abdominal x-ray. Due to the various diagnosis possibilities and the tests reviewed, a moderate medical decision was made.

Health care is known for rapid change. Cherelle understands the importance of change management and being a positive change agent. Which of the following approaches would be LEAST likely to support her approach?

The key diagnostic finding for typical pneumonia is

Which of the following documents is subject to the HIPAA security rule?

In preparing your facility for initial accreditation by Joint Commission, you are trying to improve the process of ongoing record review. All health record reviews are presently performed by a team of Him department personnel. The committee meets quarterly and reports to a Quality Management Committee. In reviewing Joint Commission standards your first recommended change is to

Patient complains of frequent temporal headaches and the physician suspects temporal arteritis. Patient underwent temporal artery biopsy.