Question 1

Which of the following actions illustrates the use of a participative management style?

Accepted Answer

A)  discussing suggested approaches of improving productivity and performance with employees 
B)  basing decisions on information found in the manual of operations 
C)  providing supervision only when requested by employees 
D)  micromanaging all aspects and functions performed in the department

Question 2

This information provides a narrative name of the services provided. This information should be presented in a clear concise manner. When possible, the narratives from the HCPCS/CPT book should be utilized.

Accepted Answer

A)  general ledger key 
B)  charge code 
C)  item description 
D)  revenue code

Question 3

Refer to the table Summary of Selected Blood Product Review. Which blood component derivative had the most units reviewed?

Accepted Answer

A)  packed red blood cells 
B)  fresh frozen plasma 
C)  platelets 
D)  unable to determine from the table

Question 4

North Ridge Hospital is preparing to open as a new 250-bed acute care hospital. This facility located in a growing area of the city and is projected to have 85% occupancy within 3 years. determine the number of employees needed in the HIM department, the director must first

Accepted Answer

A)  determine employee salary ranges. 
B)  develop a departmental organizational chart. 
C)  collect data from hospitals that are of comparable size. 
D)  identify the departmental functions to be performed.

Question 5

When engaging the services of a microfilm vendor, all but which one of the following factors should be included in the contract?

Accepted Answer

A)  cost 
B)  provision for destruction of original records 
C)  type of reader or printer needed to view the microfilm 
D)  confidentiality of information being filmed

Question 6

One record documentation requirement shared by BOTH ascute care and emergency departments is

Accepted Answer

A)  patient's condition on discharge. 
B)  time and means of arrival. 
C)  advance directive. 
D)  problem list.

Question 7

Case finding methods for patients with diabetes includes a review of all but which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  health plans 
B)  CPT diagnostic codes 
C)  billing data 
D)  medication lists

Question 8

Which department will most likely be responsible for taking corrective action regarding following quality indicator?

Accepted Answer

A)  Admitting 
B)  Business Office 
C)  Health Information Department 
D)  Medical Staff Office

Question 9

When health care facilities close or medical practices dissolve, procedures for disposition of patient records should take into consideration all of the following EXCEPT for

Accepted Answer

A)  state laws and licensing standards. 
B)  Communities of Practice requirements 
C)  Needs and wishes of patients. 
D)  Medicare requirements.

Question 10

Your hospital has purchased a number of outpatient facilities. You have been assigned to chair an interdisciplinary committee that will write record retention policies for the new corporation. You begin by telling the committee their primary consideration when making retention decisions must be

Accepted Answer

A)  space considerations. 
B)  statutory requirements. 
C)  provider preferences. 
D)  professional standards.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

The researchers at AHIMA had professionals with 5 or more years HIM experience rate their stress on a scale of 1 to 5, as shown in the chart above. Job satisfaction and job stress are both continuous variables. If the AHIMA researchers want to assess both the direction and degree of the relationship between these two continuous variables, they may choose to compute the

Accepted Answer

A)  variable correlation coefficient. 
B)  Pearson correlation coefficient. 
C)  continuous correlation coefficient. 
D)  Danbury correlation coefficient.

Question 13

One distinct advantage of the HER over paper-based health records is the

Accepted Answer

A)  ease of developing screen designs over from designs. 
B)  accessibility of the record by multiple data users. 
C)  standardized format. 
D)  ease of data collection

Question 14

Vaginal delivery of a full-term liveborn infant. Patient undergoes episiotomy with repair and post delivery elective tubal ligation.

Accepted Answer

A)  650, V25.2, V27.0, 73.6, 66.32 
B)  648.91, V27.0, 73.6, 66.32 
C)  650, V27.0, 66.32 
D)  650, V27.0

Question 15

A primary focus of screen format design in a health record computer application should be to ensure that

Accepted Answer

A)  programmers develop standard screen formats for all hospitals. 
B)  the user is capturing essential data elements. 
C)  paper forms are easily converted to computer forms. 
D)  data fields can be randomly accessed.

Question 16

The hospital is undergoing the development of an information system strategic plan. The part of the process where changes in the community, legislation, and other factors are monitored is called

Accepted Answer

A)  health information exchange. 
B)  alerts. 
C)  environmental scanning. 
D)  critical path analysis.

Question 17

A patient who is taking the drug Antivert may have a diagnosis of

Accepted Answer

A)  dizziness. 
B)  urinary tract infection. 
C)  arthritis. 
D)  congestive heart failure.

Question 18

The coder with the highest overall accuracy rating will get the day after Thanksgiving off. Which coder will get to spend the day after Thanksgiving shopping rather than coding? The coding supervisor at Bayside Hospital regularly has her coders recode records from the previous week in an effort to improve and monitor coding consistency. The supervisor has collected the data displayed below on four coders.

Accepted Answer

A)  Coder A 
B)  Coder B 
C)  Coder C 
D)  Coder D

Question 19

John Parker surveyed members of AHIMA's student COP regarding the relationship betwed clinical experiences and job opportunities. All respondents were seniors in HIA programs ai each one expected to graduate and take the national exam within the next 6 months. Fifteen of tie eighteen respondents indicated at least one clinical rotation had resulted in a job offer. Based c this information, Parker expects to be offered a job during senior clinical rotations. John is basin this expectation on

Accepted Answer

A)  scientific inquiry. 
B)  empiricism. 
C)  inductive reasoning. 
D)  deductive reasoning.

Question 20

Your administrator has asked for the name of a standard that will allow different compu applications to communicate. Which of the following standards would you give him?

Accepted Answer

A)  Joint Commission 
B)  IOM CPR definition 
C)  HL-7 
D)  ASC X12

Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator