RHIA

RHIA practice questions, page 37 of 73, with answer review and explanations.

Question 181

What would be the most cost-effective and prudent course of action for the storage or disposition of 250,0000 records at a large teaching and research hospital?

  1. storing the records off-site at a cost of $25,000 per year
  2. microfilming all 250,000 records of the cost of $195,000
  3. purging all death records and storing them off-site
  4. destroying all records older than the time frame required by the statute of limitations

Question 182

The total number of records filed during the month is 2,500 and, upon completion of a filing accurate study, 90 records were not found. What is the accuracy of filing?

  1. 1%
  2. 4%
  3. 28%
  4. 96%

Question 183

A quality control measure that should be established for the filing, storage, and retrieval of health records includes criteria for the

  1. accuracy of analyzing records.
  2. number of incomplete records.
  3. filing of loose materials
  4. tracking of release of information requests.

Question 184

According to AHIMA’s recommended retention standards, which one of the following types of health information does NOT need to be retained permanently?

  1. physician index
  2. register of births
  3. register of surgical procedures
  4. register of deaths

Question 185

For a health care facility to meet its document destruction needs, the certificate of destruction should include all but which one of the following elements?

  1. unique and serialized transaction number
  2. location of destruction
  3. patient notification
  4. acceptance of fiduciary responsibility