AHIMA RHIT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTION RATED A+
✔✔Evaluation and Management modifier - ✔✔A patient presents to a physician owned
clinic for a broken wrist X-rays are taken in the office. The clinic will bill 73100
Radiologic examination, wrist, 2 views with what modifier?
✔✔Code the CPT for both services and append a "59" modifier - ✔✔Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT) defines a diagnostic endoscopy as a "separate procedure." If a
surgical endoscopy is performed in conjunction with the diagnostic services, how should
this scenario be coded?
✔✔Code for the manifestation - ✔✔Poisoning is caused by the incorrect use of a drug.
The code for poisoning is sequenced first followed by the:
✔✔V-codes and E-codes - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision,
Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), the supplementary classifications include:
✔✔Anomaly - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical
Modification (ICD-9-CM), Alphabetic Index, congenital conditions are most often
indexed under which main term:
✔✔Delivery of Pregnancy - ✔✔In the Alphabetic Index, conditions that complicate
childbirth usually found under what main terms:
✔✔Inclusion Notes - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision,
Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), notes that lists conditions similar enough to be
classified to the same code.
✔✔Code First Underlying Condition Note - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease,
Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification's (ICD-9-CM) Tabular List; this note is used in the
Tabular List to identify a code for a condition that is a manifestation of an underlying
disease
✔✔Use Additional Code Note - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth
Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), indicates in the Tabular List to identify a
code for a condition that is a manifestation..
✔✔"See" or "see also" - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision,
Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), cross references note which are found in the
alphabetic index indicate if the condition mentioned in the note is documented as
present, the additional code should always be assigned.
✔✔250.01 - ✔✔In the diagnosis statement, "Uncontrolled insulin dependent diabetes,"
which of the following is the correct coding assignment?
, ✔✔481 - ✔✔In the diagnostic statement, "patient has the right middle lobe pneumonia,"
which of the following is the correct coding assignment?
✔✔644.21; V27.1 - ✔✔Code the following to International Classification of Disease,
Ninth Revision, (ICD-9) coding conventions: A patient is seen on the maternity floor with
a diagnosis of threatened premature labor at 28 weeks gestation. The baby was worn
stillborn during admission.
✔✔733.3, 733.01 - ✔✔A patient with senile osteoporosis was admitted for treatment of
a pathologic fracture of the vertebra. What are the correct code assignments?
✔✔36592 - ✔✔A 77 year old male presents to the emergency department complaining
of increased weakness. The patient is currently receiving antibiotic therapy through a
peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC). The nurse obtains the patient's
blood from the PICC line. What is the appropriate CPT code assignment for the blood
collection?
✔✔4956, 49568 - ✔✔A patient has a recurrent, incarcerated incisional hernia that is
repaired laparoscopically with mesh. What is the appropriate CPT code assignment?
✔✔Enclose Nonessential Modifierr; parentheses ( ) - ✔✔In ICD-9-CMs alphabetic
index, the modifier that are described as supplementary words or explanatory
information that does not affect code assignments
✔✔Agenda for Change or Agenda on Change - ✔✔The Joint Commissions research
Outcome Research Yield Excellence (ORYX) Initiative and development project is
known as:
✔✔Peer Review Organization (PRO) - ✔✔The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
of 1982 (TEFRA) introduced Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs), as well as:
✔✔Core performance - ✔✔The measurement used by The Joint Commission, Center
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and other healthcare plans to assess how
well healthcare organizations provided care.
✔✔Fraud - ✔✔In an Electronic Health Record (EHR) environment, a physician that
borrows records entries from another source or author and then displays the past
documentation as current creates an issue with:
✔✔The Joint Commission - ✔✔A private, not for profit organization that evaluates and
accredits hospitals and other healthcare organizations on the basis of predefined
performance standards.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTION RATED A+
✔✔Evaluation and Management modifier - ✔✔A patient presents to a physician owned
clinic for a broken wrist X-rays are taken in the office. The clinic will bill 73100
Radiologic examination, wrist, 2 views with what modifier?
✔✔Code the CPT for both services and append a "59" modifier - ✔✔Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT) defines a diagnostic endoscopy as a "separate procedure." If a
surgical endoscopy is performed in conjunction with the diagnostic services, how should
this scenario be coded?
✔✔Code for the manifestation - ✔✔Poisoning is caused by the incorrect use of a drug.
The code for poisoning is sequenced first followed by the:
✔✔V-codes and E-codes - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision,
Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), the supplementary classifications include:
✔✔Anomaly - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical
Modification (ICD-9-CM), Alphabetic Index, congenital conditions are most often
indexed under which main term:
✔✔Delivery of Pregnancy - ✔✔In the Alphabetic Index, conditions that complicate
childbirth usually found under what main terms:
✔✔Inclusion Notes - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision,
Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), notes that lists conditions similar enough to be
classified to the same code.
✔✔Code First Underlying Condition Note - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease,
Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification's (ICD-9-CM) Tabular List; this note is used in the
Tabular List to identify a code for a condition that is a manifestation of an underlying
disease
✔✔Use Additional Code Note - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth
Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), indicates in the Tabular List to identify a
code for a condition that is a manifestation..
✔✔"See" or "see also" - ✔✔In International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision,
Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), cross references note which are found in the
alphabetic index indicate if the condition mentioned in the note is documented as
present, the additional code should always be assigned.
✔✔250.01 - ✔✔In the diagnosis statement, "Uncontrolled insulin dependent diabetes,"
which of the following is the correct coding assignment?
, ✔✔481 - ✔✔In the diagnostic statement, "patient has the right middle lobe pneumonia,"
which of the following is the correct coding assignment?
✔✔644.21; V27.1 - ✔✔Code the following to International Classification of Disease,
Ninth Revision, (ICD-9) coding conventions: A patient is seen on the maternity floor with
a diagnosis of threatened premature labor at 28 weeks gestation. The baby was worn
stillborn during admission.
✔✔733.3, 733.01 - ✔✔A patient with senile osteoporosis was admitted for treatment of
a pathologic fracture of the vertebra. What are the correct code assignments?
✔✔36592 - ✔✔A 77 year old male presents to the emergency department complaining
of increased weakness. The patient is currently receiving antibiotic therapy through a
peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC). The nurse obtains the patient's
blood from the PICC line. What is the appropriate CPT code assignment for the blood
collection?
✔✔4956, 49568 - ✔✔A patient has a recurrent, incarcerated incisional hernia that is
repaired laparoscopically with mesh. What is the appropriate CPT code assignment?
✔✔Enclose Nonessential Modifierr; parentheses ( ) - ✔✔In ICD-9-CMs alphabetic
index, the modifier that are described as supplementary words or explanatory
information that does not affect code assignments
✔✔Agenda for Change or Agenda on Change - ✔✔The Joint Commissions research
Outcome Research Yield Excellence (ORYX) Initiative and development project is
known as:
✔✔Peer Review Organization (PRO) - ✔✔The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
of 1982 (TEFRA) introduced Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs), as well as:
✔✔Core performance - ✔✔The measurement used by The Joint Commission, Center
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and other healthcare plans to assess how
well healthcare organizations provided care.
✔✔Fraud - ✔✔In an Electronic Health Record (EHR) environment, a physician that
borrows records entries from another source or author and then displays the past
documentation as current creates an issue with:
✔✔The Joint Commission - ✔✔A private, not for profit organization that evaluates and
accredits hospitals and other healthcare organizations on the basis of predefined
performance standards.
