AHIMA RHIT EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST 2024/2025 (GRADED A+)

AHIMA RHIT EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST 2024/2025 (GRADED A+) Abbreviations - Answer-Shortened forms of words or phrases; in healthcare,when there is more than one meaning for an approved abbreviation, only one meaning should be used or the context in which the abbreviation is to be used should be identified ABC Codes - Answer-A terminology created by Alternative Link that describes alternative medicine, nursing, and other integrative healthcare interventions Aberrancy - Answer-Services in medicine that deviate from what is typical in comparison to the national norm Ability (achievement) tests - Answer-Tests used to assess the skills an individual already possesses; Also called performance tests Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) - Answer-A standardized form that can be used in facilities to document involuntary movements Abortion - Answer-The expulsion or extraction of all (complete) or any part (incomplete) of the placenta or membranes, without an identifiable fetus or with a live-born infant or a stillborn infant weighing less than 500 grams Absolute frequency - Answer-The number of times that a score of value occurs in a data set Abstract - Answer-Brief summary of the major parts of a research study Abstracting - Answer-1. The process of extracting information from a document to create a brief summary of a patient's illness, treatment, and outcome 2. The process of extracting elements of data from a source document or database and entering them into an automated system Abuse - Answer-Provider, supplier, and practitioner practices that are inconsistent with accepted sound fiscal, business, or medical practices that directly or indirectly may result in unnecessary costs to the program, improper payment, services that fail to meet professionally recognized standards of care or are medically unnecessary, or services that directly or indirectly result in adverse patient outcomes or delays in appropriate diagnosis or treatment AHIMA RHIT EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST 2024/2025 GRADED A+ Abuses - Answer-Coding errors that occur without intent to defraud the government Accept assignment - Answer-A term used to refer to a provider's or a supplier's acceptance of the allowed charges (from a fee schedule) as payment in full for services or materials provided Acceptance testing - Answer-Final review during EHR implementation to ensure that all tests have been performed and all issues have been resolved; usually triggers the final payment for the system and when a maintenance contract becomes effective Acceptance theory of authority - Answer-A management theory based on the principle that employees have the freedom to choose whether they will follow managerial directions Access - Answer-1. The ability of a subject to view, change, or communicate with an object in a computer system 2. One of the rights protected by the Privacy Rule; an individual has a right of access to inspect and obtain a copy of his or her own PHI that is contained in a designated record set, such as a health record Access control - Answer-1. A computer software program designed to prevent unauthorized use of an information resource 2. The process of designing, implementing, and monitoring a system for guaranteeing that only individuals who have a legitimate need are allowed to view or amend specific data sets Access control grid - Answer-A tabular representation of the levels of authorization granted to users of a computer system's information and resources Access control system - Answer-A system that defines who has access to what information in a computer system and specifies each user's rights and/or restrictions with respect to that information Accession number - Answer-A number assigned to each case as it is entered in a cancer registry Accession registry - Answer-A list of cases in a cancer registry in the order in which they were entered Accidents/incidents - Answer-Those mishaps, misfortunes, mistakes, events, or occurrences that can happen during the normal daily routines and activities in the longterm care setting Accommodating - Answer-In business, the practice whereby one party in a conflict or disagreement gives in to the other party as a temporary solution Account - Answer-A subdivision of assets, liabilities, and equities in an organization's financial management system Accountability - Answer-1. The state of being liable for a specific activity 2. All information is attributable to its source (person or device) Accountable - Answer-Required to answer to a supervisor for performance results Accountable Care Organization (ACO) - Answer-An organization of healthcare providers accountable for the quality, cost, and overall care of Medicare beneficiaries who are assigned and enrolled in the traditional fee-for-service program Accounting - Answer-1. The process of collecting, recording, and reporting an organization's financial data 2. A list of all disclosures made of a patient's health information Accounting entity - Answer-The business structure, including the activities and records to be maintained for the preparation of an individual organization's financial statements Accounting of disclosures - Answer-HIPAA requirement to list, upon patient request, all disclosures that meet the criteria. Currently, this does not require accounting for disclosures for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations (TPO), but under ARRA this changes to include these disclosures; awaiting final regulations Accounting period - Answer-The entire process of identifying and recording a transaction and ultimately reporting it as part of an organization's financial statement Accounting rate of return - Answer-The projected annual cash inflows, minus any applicable depreciation, divided by the initial investment Accounts Not Selected for Billing Report - Answer-A daily financial report used to track the many reasons why accounts may not be ready for billing Accounts payable (A/P) - Answer-Records of the payments owed by an organization to other entities Accounts receivable (A/R) - Answer-1. Records of the payments owed to the organization by outside entities such as third-party payers and patients 2. Department in a healthcare facility that manages the accounts owed to the facility by customers who have received services but whose payment is made at a later date Accreditation - Answer-1. A voluntary process of institutional or organizational review in which a quasi-independent body created for this purpose periodically evaluates the quality of the entity's work against preestablished written criteria 2. A determination by an accrediting body that an eligible organization, network, program, group, or individual complies with applicable standards 3. The act of granting approval to a healthcare organization based on whether the organization has met a set of voluntary standards developed by an accreditation agency Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) - Answer-A professional organization that offers accreditation programs for ambulatory and outpatient organizations such as single-specialty and multispecialty group practices, ambulatory surgery centers, college/university health services, and community health centers Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) - Answer-An organization that provides quality standards and accreditation programs for home health and other healthcare organizations Accreditation organization - Answer-A professional organization that establishes the standards against which healthcare organizations are measured and conducts periodic assessments of the performance of individual healthcare organizations Accreditation standards - Answer-Preestablished statements of the criteria against which the performance of participating healthcare organizations will be assessed during a voluntary accreditation Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12) - Answer-A committee of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) responsible for the development and maintenance of electronic data interchange (EDI) standards for many industries. The ASC 'X12N' is the subcommittee of ASC X12 responsible for the EDI health insurance administrative transactions such as 837 Institutional Health Care Claim and 835 Professional Health Care Claim forms Accrediting body - Answer-A professional organization that establishes the standards against which healthcare organizations are measured and conducts periodic assessment of the performance of individual healthcare organizations Accrete - Answer-The term used by Medicare regarding the process of adding new members to a health plan Accrual accounting - Answer-A method of accounting that requires business organizations to report income in the period earned and to deduct expenses in the period incurred Accrue - Answer-The process of recording known transactions in the appropriate time period before cash payments/receipts are expected or due Accuracy - Answer-The extent to which information reflects the true, correct, and exact description of the care that was delivered with respect to both content and timing Acid-test ratio - Answer-A ratio in which the sum of cash plus short-term investments plus net current receivables is divided by total current liabilities Acknowledgement - Answer-A form that provides a mechanism for the resident to recognize receipt of important information ACOG - Answer-American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) - Answer-A retroviral disease caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Acquisition - Answer-One healthcare entity purchase of another healthcare entity in order to acquire control of all of its assets Actinotherapy - Answer-The use of ultraviolet light therapy in the treatment of skin diseases Action plan - Answer-A set of initiatives that are to be undertaken to achieve a performance improvement goal Action steps - Answer-Specific plans an organization intends to accomplish in the near future as an effort toward achieving its long-term strategic plan Active listening - Answer-The application of effective verbal communication skills as evidenced by the listener's restatement of what the speaker said Active membership - Answer-Individuals interested in the AHIMA purpose and willing to abide by the Code of Ethics are eligible for active membership. Active members in good standing shall be entitled to all membership privileges including the right to vote Active record - Answer-A health record of an individual who is a currently hospitalized inpatient or an outpatient Activities of daily living (ADL) - Answer-The basic activities of self-care, including grooming, bathing, ambulating, toileting, and eating Activity-based budget - Answer-A budget based on activities or projects rather than on functions or departments Activity-based costing (ABC) - Answer-An economic model that traces the costs or resources necessary for a product or customer Activity date or status - Answer-The element in the chargemaster that indicates the most recent activity of an item Actor - Answer-The role a user plays in a system Actual charge - Answer-1. A physician's actual fee for service at the time an insurance claim is submitted to an insurance company, a government payer, or a health maintenance organization; may differ from the allowable charge 2. Amount provider actually bills a patient, which may differ from the allowable charge Acute care - Answer-Medical care of a limited duration that is provided in an inpatient hospital setting to diagnose and/or treat an injury or a short-term illness Acute care prospective payment system - Answer-The Medicare reimbursement methodology system referred to as the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Hospital providers subject to the IPPS utilize the Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs) classification system, which determines payment rates ADFM - Answer-Active duty family member; a designation used under TRICARE Ad hoc committee - Answer-A group of individuals who join together to solve a particular task or problem Addendum - Answer-A late entry added to a health record to provide additional information in conjunction with a previous entry. The late entry should be timely and bear the current date and reason for the additional information being added to the health record Addition of entries - Answer-Changes to the health record in the form of late entries, amendments, or addenda Add-on codes - Answer-In CPT coding, add-on codes are referred to as additional or supplemental procedures. Add-on codes are indicated with a '+' symbol and are to be reported in addition to the primary procedure code. Add-on codes are not to be reported as stand-alone codes and are exempt from use of the -51 modifier