Free Registered Health Information Administrator Exam RHIA Exam Practice Test

A major disadvantage of cross-sectional studies is that

• the time sequence of exposure and disease is usually not known.
• they are usually more expensive and can take a long time to complete.
• prevalence rates cannot be calculated.
• they cannot provide information on both exposure and disease status in the same individual.

As the Chair of the Forms Committee at your hospital, you are helping to design a template for house staff members to use while collecting information for the history and physical. When asked to explain how ''review of systems'' differs from ''physical exam,'' you explain that the review of systems is used to document

• objective symptoms observed by the physician.
• past and current activities, such as smoking and drinking habits.
• a chronological description of patient's present condition from time of onset to present.
• subjective symptoms that the patient may have forgotten to mention or that may have seemed unimportant.

Which of the four distinct components of the problem-oriented record serves to help index documentation throughout the record?

• database.
• problem list.
• initial plan.
• progress notes.

Sheena is an RHIA who continued her education and has a master's degree in Public Health. She is the Director of Health Information for the large County Health Department. In seeking tit most reliable reference for a job applicant, which of the following would be preferred?

• a telephone reference from a personal friend of the applicant
• a written reference from a former supervisor of the applicant
• a telephone reference from a former supervisor of the applicant
• a written reference from the Human Resources Department of the applicant's former employer

Established 42-year-old patient comes into your office to obtain vaccines required for his trip to Sri Lanka. The nurse injects intramuscularly the following vaccines: hepatitis A and B vaccines, cholera vaccine, and yellow fever vaccine. As the coding specialist, what would you report on the CMS 1500 form?

• office visit, hepatitis A and B vaccine, cholera vaccine and yellow fever vaccine
• office visit, intramuscular injection; HCPCS Level II codes
• office visit; administration of two or more single vaccines; vaccine products for hepatitis A and B, cholera, and yellow fever
• Administration of two or more single vaccines; vaccine products for hepatitis A and B, cholera, and yellow fever.

Administration of initial oral radionuclide therapy for hyperthyroidism

• 78015
• 77402
• 78099
• 79005

Cesarean section

• 00840
• 01961
• 00940
• 01960

Differentiate between the physical and logical data models.

• The physical data model shows how the logical model will be created and the logical da model shows the technology plan to be used.
• The logical data model shows what the system should do and the physical data model sho how the logical data model will be created.
• The logical data model uses DFDs and the physical data model uses entity relations models.
• The physical data model uses DFDs and the logical uses entity relationship model.

A health care facility has received a request to participate in a statewide study on cleft lip and cleft palate. This study would include data from the past year and subsequent years. Given that each of the data sources cited below contains the necessary information, the initial data would be most easily collected from the

• newborn records.
• state bureau of vital statistics.
• maternal records.
• birth defects registry.

You are developing a complete data dictionary for your facility. Which of the following resources will be most helpful in providing standard definitions for data commonly collected in acute care hospitals?

• Minimum Data Set
• Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set
• Conditions of Participation
• Federal Register