RHIT PRACTICE EXAM LATEST 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED 100% SOLUTIONS (2026/2027) GRADE: A+|STATUS:
GUARANTEED PASS
An HIM department is projecting workforce needs for its document scanning process. The intent
of the department is to scan patient records at the time of discharge, providing a 24-hour
turnaround time. The hospital has an average daily discharge of 120 patients, and each patient
record has an average of 200 pages. Given the benchmarks listed here, what is the least amount
of work hours needed each day to meet a 24-hour turnaround time?
National Benchmarks for Document Scanning Processes:
Function: Expectations per Worked Hour
Prepping: 340-500 images
Scanning: 1,200-2,400 images
Quality Control: 1,600-2,000 images
Indexing: 600-800 images
a. 100 hours
b. 146 hours
c. 1,000 hours
d. 3,740 hours - Answers -a. 100 hours
The question is asking for the least amount of hours needed to meet the 24-hour turnaround
time. The average discharge in a 24-hour period is 120 patients, and the average number of
pages for each patient chart is 200. So, 120 × 200 = 24,000 pages in a 24-hour period. Each chart
must be prepped, scanned, checked for quality, and indexed. The highest number of pages that
can go through all these processes in an hour would be: 500 images in prepping; 2,400 images
in scanning; 2,000 images in quality control; and 800 images in indexing.
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,24, = 48 hours needed for prepping
24,,400 = 10 hours for scanning
24,,000 = 12 hours for quality control
24, = 30 hours for indexing
48 + 10 + 12 + 30 = 100 hours, at least, needed each day to meet a 24-hour turnaround time.
The HIM department is developing a system to track coding productivity. The director wants the
system to track the productivity of each coder by productive hours worked per day, health
record ID, type of records coded, and to provide weekly productivity reports and analyses.
Which of the following tools would be best to use for this purpose?
a. Word-processing documents
b. Paper log book
c. Spreadsheet
d. Database management system - Answers -d. Database management system
The database management system is the best option to collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve
data for this situation. Paper and word-processing documents cannot sort and store the data in
a meaningful way for this purpose. Spreadsheets should be used for accounting-type functions
and not for data storage.
Coding accuracy is best determined by:
a. A predefined audit process
b. Medicare Conditions of Participation
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,c. Payer audits
d. Joint Commission Standards for Accreditation - Answers -a. A predefined audit process
Accuracy of coding is best determined by a predefined audit process. The audits allow the
facility to confirm that the policies and procedures of the organization are being met and to
identify problems that need to be addressed and corrected.
Which of the following is the approved method for implementing an organization's formal
position?
a. Hierarchy chart
b. Organizational chart
c. Policy and procedure
d. Mission statement - Answers -c. Policy and procedure
Policies and procedures also can be considered organizational tools. Policies are written
descriptions of the organization's formal positions. Procedures are the approved methods for
implementing those positions. Together, they spell out what the organization expects
employees to do and how they are expected to do it.
The HIM and IT departments are working together to justify additional employee password
training. The additional training would cost approximately $100,000 with the expectation that
password calls to the IT help desk will be reduced by 20 percent. The IT department has done a
cost analysis of help desk calls solving password issues. Given this data and approximately 40
password calls per day, can the cost of the additional training be justified?
Personnel: Cost
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, User's time—30 minutes: $15
Telephone cost—30 minutes: $2
Call Desk time—30 minutes: $16
Call Desk IS facilities time: $17
Total Cost: $50
a. Training will provide $146,000 savings in help desk support and can be justified.
b. The results of training will provide $365,000 savings in help desk support and can be justified.
c. The cost of training will be recouped in less than half a year and can be justified.
d. The cost of training is not justified because - Answers -a. Training will provide $146,000
savings in help desk support and can be justified.
Current cost: $50 × 40 calls per day = $2,000 per day × 365 days = $730,000.
Cost with reduced number of help desk calls: $50 × (40 × 0.80) calls per day = $1,600 per day ×
365 days = $584,000, or a savings of $146,000.
Training costs of $100,000 will be recouped and a savings of $46,000 realized.
As part of Community Hospital's organization-wide quality improvement initiative, the HIM
director is establishing benchmarks for all the divisions within the HIM department. The
following table shows sample productivity benchmarks for record analysis the director found
through a literature search. Given this information, how should the director proceed in
establishing benchmarks for the department?
a. Determine whether the source of the benchmark data is from a comparable institution
b. Use the low benchmark example as a beginning point for implementation
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VERIFIED 100% SOLUTIONS (2026/2027) GRADE: A+|STATUS:
GUARANTEED PASS
An HIM department is projecting workforce needs for its document scanning process. The intent
of the department is to scan patient records at the time of discharge, providing a 24-hour
turnaround time. The hospital has an average daily discharge of 120 patients, and each patient
record has an average of 200 pages. Given the benchmarks listed here, what is the least amount
of work hours needed each day to meet a 24-hour turnaround time?
National Benchmarks for Document Scanning Processes:
Function: Expectations per Worked Hour
Prepping: 340-500 images
Scanning: 1,200-2,400 images
Quality Control: 1,600-2,000 images
Indexing: 600-800 images
a. 100 hours
b. 146 hours
c. 1,000 hours
d. 3,740 hours - Answers -a. 100 hours
The question is asking for the least amount of hours needed to meet the 24-hour turnaround
time. The average discharge in a 24-hour period is 120 patients, and the average number of
pages for each patient chart is 200. So, 120 × 200 = 24,000 pages in a 24-hour period. Each chart
must be prepped, scanned, checked for quality, and indexed. The highest number of pages that
can go through all these processes in an hour would be: 500 images in prepping; 2,400 images
in scanning; 2,000 images in quality control; and 800 images in indexing.
1|Page
,24, = 48 hours needed for prepping
24,,400 = 10 hours for scanning
24,,000 = 12 hours for quality control
24, = 30 hours for indexing
48 + 10 + 12 + 30 = 100 hours, at least, needed each day to meet a 24-hour turnaround time.
The HIM department is developing a system to track coding productivity. The director wants the
system to track the productivity of each coder by productive hours worked per day, health
record ID, type of records coded, and to provide weekly productivity reports and analyses.
Which of the following tools would be best to use for this purpose?
a. Word-processing documents
b. Paper log book
c. Spreadsheet
d. Database management system - Answers -d. Database management system
The database management system is the best option to collect, store, manipulate, and retrieve
data for this situation. Paper and word-processing documents cannot sort and store the data in
a meaningful way for this purpose. Spreadsheets should be used for accounting-type functions
and not for data storage.
Coding accuracy is best determined by:
a. A predefined audit process
b. Medicare Conditions of Participation
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,c. Payer audits
d. Joint Commission Standards for Accreditation - Answers -a. A predefined audit process
Accuracy of coding is best determined by a predefined audit process. The audits allow the
facility to confirm that the policies and procedures of the organization are being met and to
identify problems that need to be addressed and corrected.
Which of the following is the approved method for implementing an organization's formal
position?
a. Hierarchy chart
b. Organizational chart
c. Policy and procedure
d. Mission statement - Answers -c. Policy and procedure
Policies and procedures also can be considered organizational tools. Policies are written
descriptions of the organization's formal positions. Procedures are the approved methods for
implementing those positions. Together, they spell out what the organization expects
employees to do and how they are expected to do it.
The HIM and IT departments are working together to justify additional employee password
training. The additional training would cost approximately $100,000 with the expectation that
password calls to the IT help desk will be reduced by 20 percent. The IT department has done a
cost analysis of help desk calls solving password issues. Given this data and approximately 40
password calls per day, can the cost of the additional training be justified?
Personnel: Cost
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, User's time—30 minutes: $15
Telephone cost—30 minutes: $2
Call Desk time—30 minutes: $16
Call Desk IS facilities time: $17
Total Cost: $50
a. Training will provide $146,000 savings in help desk support and can be justified.
b. The results of training will provide $365,000 savings in help desk support and can be justified.
c. The cost of training will be recouped in less than half a year and can be justified.
d. The cost of training is not justified because - Answers -a. Training will provide $146,000
savings in help desk support and can be justified.
Current cost: $50 × 40 calls per day = $2,000 per day × 365 days = $730,000.
Cost with reduced number of help desk calls: $50 × (40 × 0.80) calls per day = $1,600 per day ×
365 days = $584,000, or a savings of $146,000.
Training costs of $100,000 will be recouped and a savings of $46,000 realized.
As part of Community Hospital's organization-wide quality improvement initiative, the HIM
director is establishing benchmarks for all the divisions within the HIM department. The
following table shows sample productivity benchmarks for record analysis the director found
through a literature search. Given this information, how should the director proceed in
establishing benchmarks for the department?
a. Determine whether the source of the benchmark data is from a comparable institution
b. Use the low benchmark example as a beginning point for implementation
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