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“RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS
(CODING) QUIZ PRACTICE “ NEWEST
UPDATED EXAM 2025 – 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED 100%
GRADED A+ (LATEST VERSION)
RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS (Coding)
(113) If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT
code is determined by the body area from which the excision occurs and
which of the following?
A) Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report
B) Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the pathology report
C) Width times the length of the lesion as described in the operative report
D) Diameter of the lesion as well as the margins excised as described in the
operative report
D) Diameter of the lesion as well as the margins excised as described in the
operative report
(114) According to CPT, a repair of a laceration that includes retention sutures
would be considered what type of closure?
A) Complex
B) Intermediate
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C) Not specified
D) Simple
A) Complex
(115) The patient was admitted with nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The
physician documents the following on the discharge summary: acute
cholecystitis, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Which of the following
would be the correct coding and sequencing for this case?
A) Acute cholecystitis, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain
B) Abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, acute cholecystitis
C) Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain
D) Acute cholecystitis
D) Acute cholecystitis
(116) A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been treated two weeks
previously for a miscarriage with sepsis. The sepsis had resolved, and she is
afebrile at this time. She is treated with an aspiration dilation and curettage.
Products of conception are found. Which of the following should be the
principal diagnosis?
A) Miscarriage
B) Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
C) Sepsis
D) Spontaneous abortion with sepsis
A) Miscarriage
(117) An 80-year-old female is admitted with fever, lethargy, hypotension,
tachycardia, oliguria, and elevated WBC. The patient has more than 100,000
organisms of Escherichia coli per cc of urine. The attending physician
documents "urosepsis". How should this case be coded?
A) Code sepsis as the principal diagnosis with urinary tract infection due to
E.coli as secondary diagnosis
B) Code urinary tract infection with sepsis as the principal diagnosis
C) Query the physician to ask if the patient has septicemia because of the
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symptomatology
D) Query the physician to ask if the patient had septic shock so that this may
be used as the principal diagnosis
C) Query the physician to ask if the patient has septicemia because of the
symptomatology
(118) The practice of using a code that results in a higher payment to the
provider than the code that actually reflects the service or item provided is
known as:
A) Unbundling
B) Upcoding
C) Medically unnecessary services
D) Billing for services not provided
B) Upcoding
(119) A 65 year-old patient with a history of lung cancer is admitted to a
healthcare facility with ataxia and syncope and a fractured arm as a result of
falling. The patient undergoes a closed reduction of the fracture in the
emergency department as well as a complete workup for metastatic carcinoma
of the brain. The patient is found to have metastatic carcinoma of the lung to
the brain and undergoes radiation therapy to the brain. Which of the following
would be the principal diagnosis in this case?
A) Ataxia
B) Fractured arm
C) Metastatic carcinoma of the brain
D) Carcinoma of the lung
C) Metastatic carcinoma of the brain
(120) A patient was admitted for abdominal pain with diarrhea and was
diagnosed with infectious gastroenteritis. The patient also had angina and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Which of the following would be the
correct coding and sequencing for this case?
A) Abdominal pain; infectious gastroenteritis; chronic obstructive pulmonary
“RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS
(CODING) QUIZ PRACTICE “ NEWEST
UPDATED EXAM 2025 – 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED 100%
GRADED A+ (LATEST VERSION)
RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS (Coding)
(113) If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT
code is determined by the body area from which the excision occurs and
which of the following?
A) Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report
B) Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the pathology report
C) Width times the length of the lesion as described in the operative report
D) Diameter of the lesion as well as the margins excised as described in the
operative report
D) Diameter of the lesion as well as the margins excised as described in the
operative report
(114) According to CPT, a repair of a laceration that includes retention sutures
would be considered what type of closure?
A) Complex
B) Intermediate
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C) Not specified
D) Simple
A) Complex
(115) The patient was admitted with nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The
physician documents the following on the discharge summary: acute
cholecystitis, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Which of the following
would be the correct coding and sequencing for this case?
A) Acute cholecystitis, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain
B) Abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, acute cholecystitis
C) Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain
D) Acute cholecystitis
D) Acute cholecystitis
(116) A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been treated two weeks
previously for a miscarriage with sepsis. The sepsis had resolved, and she is
afebrile at this time. She is treated with an aspiration dilation and curettage.
Products of conception are found. Which of the following should be the
principal diagnosis?
A) Miscarriage
B) Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
C) Sepsis
D) Spontaneous abortion with sepsis
A) Miscarriage
(117) An 80-year-old female is admitted with fever, lethargy, hypotension,
tachycardia, oliguria, and elevated WBC. The patient has more than 100,000
organisms of Escherichia coli per cc of urine. The attending physician
documents "urosepsis". How should this case be coded?
A) Code sepsis as the principal diagnosis with urinary tract infection due to
E.coli as secondary diagnosis
B) Code urinary tract infection with sepsis as the principal diagnosis
C) Query the physician to ask if the patient has septicemia because of the
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symptomatology
D) Query the physician to ask if the patient had septic shock so that this may
be used as the principal diagnosis
C) Query the physician to ask if the patient has septicemia because of the
symptomatology
(118) The practice of using a code that results in a higher payment to the
provider than the code that actually reflects the service or item provided is
known as:
A) Unbundling
B) Upcoding
C) Medically unnecessary services
D) Billing for services not provided
B) Upcoding
(119) A 65 year-old patient with a history of lung cancer is admitted to a
healthcare facility with ataxia and syncope and a fractured arm as a result of
falling. The patient undergoes a closed reduction of the fracture in the
emergency department as well as a complete workup for metastatic carcinoma
of the brain. The patient is found to have metastatic carcinoma of the lung to
the brain and undergoes radiation therapy to the brain. Which of the following
would be the principal diagnosis in this case?
A) Ataxia
B) Fractured arm
C) Metastatic carcinoma of the brain
D) Carcinoma of the lung
C) Metastatic carcinoma of the brain
(120) A patient was admitted for abdominal pain with diarrhea and was
diagnosed with infectious gastroenteritis. The patient also had angina and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Which of the following would be the
correct coding and sequencing for this case?
A) Abdominal pain; infectious gastroenteritis; chronic obstructive pulmonary
