RHIA

RHIA practice questions, page 39 of 73, with answer review and explanations.

Question 191

Which one of the following is NOT a strategy when purchasing an electronic health record system?

  1. Identify stakeholders from different organizational levels and engage them appropriately.
  2. Identify return on investment or cost-benefit analysis.
  3. Identify system requirements.
  4. Broaden the vendor field and select several vendors of choice.

Question 192

Which one of the following describes the electronic health record’s impact on the record retrieval function?

  1. This function will be eliminated except for historical files maintained in paper or on microform.
  2. There will be more online management through computer-generated reports using logic rules.
  3. This function will remain the same as the paper record function.
  4. There will be increased record pulling as records are scanned or online documents become available.

Question 193

What data cannot be retrieved from the MEDPAR?

  1. ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes
  2. charges broken down by specific types of services
  3. non-Medicare patient data
  4. data on the provider

Question 194

Robert Thompson was seen in the outpatient department with a chronic cough and the record states "rule out lung cancer." What should be coded as the patient’s diagnosis?

  1. chronic cough
  2. observation and evaluation without need for further medical care
  3. diagnosis of unknown etiology
  4. lung cancer

Question 195

Which of the following is a valid ICD-9-CM principal diagnosis code?

  1. V27.2 Outcome of delivery, twins, both live born
  2. V30.00 Single live born, born in hospital
  3. E867 Accidental poisoning by gas distributed by pipeline
  4. M9010/0 Fibroadenoma, NOS