Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

Sheila has paranoid alcoholic psychosis with chronic alcoholism, continuous. She is admitted for treatment of her psychosis.

Katie understands that employee turnover is expensive and stressful on staff. The best defense against employee dissatisfaction is

Which of the following anatomical parts is involved in both the respiratory and digestive systems?

Provide the CPT code for anesthesia services for the transvenous insertion of a pacemaker.

Which of the following statements demonstrates a violation of protected health information?

Which method of identification of authorship or authentication of entries would be in appropriate to use in a patient's health record?

Unilateral partial thyroidectomy

Joseph has had cough, fever, and painful respirations for 2 days. He also has congestive heart failure and COPD. Joseph presents to the emergency department with severe shortness of breath, using accessory muscles to assist with breathing. Upon examination, Joseph is diagnosed with acute respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and exacerbation of COPD. Joseph is intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation. He is weaned from the ventilator on the third day of admission. Two days later, he again goes into respiratory failure, requiring reintubation and placement on the ventilator. Fortunately, he is able to breath on his own the following day, so was extubated.

Which of the following conditions is NOT a predisposing risk associated with essentials hypertension?

Upper lobectomy of the right lung with repair of the bronchus

Many of the departments in your facility create and modify forms often. A major key to forms control in this setting is

If the file clerks are having trouble locating the terminal digit sections quickly, the filing supervisor could add more

Graves' disease

Recurrent internal derangement of the left knee; diagnostic arthroscopy of the knee.

Epilepsy and paraplegia as residuals of a head injury suffered 5 years ago

As manager of record processing, you supervise a 55-year-old employee who has worked as correspondence clerk for many years. Her performance has gradually diminished and has become unsatisfactory. This employee is not interested in further education or in learning a new job. method would most likely prove to be INEFFECTIVE in assisting this employee in improving performance?

Using terminal digit filing, the record number on the folders immediately in front of and behind the number 24-31-83 would be

A patient is admitted for a total hip replacement because of rheumatoid arthritis. Following admission, but prior to surgery, the patient develops congestive heart failure, which necessitates transfer to ICU. The hip replacement is canceled and the patient is treated for the heart failure. What is the principal diagnosis?

Partial thromboplastin time utilizing whole blood

Screening examination for lung cancer