RHIT 5TH Edition – AHIMA Exam
Questions And Answers
Managing an organization's data & those who enter it is an ongoing
challenge requiring active admin. & oversight. This can be
accomplished by the organization thru mgmt of the what? - - -
correct answer ✅A data dictionary
A consumer nonprofit organization wants to conduct studies on the
quality of care provided to Medicare patients in a specific region. A
HIT professional has been hired to manage this project. The
nonprofit organization asks the HIT professional @ the viability of
using billing data as the basis for its analysis. What are quality
considerations in using billing data? - - -
correct answer ✅Accuracy of the data
Consistency of the data
Appropriateness of the data
The cost of the data would NOT be a quality consideration in using
the billing data.
The HIM dept. recently performed an audit of health records. The
audit showed that for the 10,000 records filed there was a 7% error
rate. Given that the Natl. avg. labor cost of ea misfile = $200.00,
what's the labor cost for the dept. for handling these misfiled
records? - - -
,RHIT 5TH Edition – AHIMA Exam
Questions And Answers
correct answer ✅If the cost of ea misfile = $200.ea this would cost
the facility $140,000.
(10,000 x 0.07) x $200 = $140,000
Cancer registries are established by hospitals - - -
correct answer ✅Voluntarily or by state law
If an employee produces 2,080 hrs of work ea yr, how many
employees will be required for the coding area if the coding time on
avg for 1 record is 30 mins & there are 12,500 records that must be
coded ea yr? - - -
correct answer ✅The # of records per FTE is 2 (# of records per hr)
x 2080 = 4160
Therefore, 3 employees per yr are required: 12, = 3.0
You're the Director of HIM @ Community Hospital. A physician has
asked for the total # of appendectomies that he performed at your
hospital last yr. You will provide the physician with: - - -
correct answer ✅Aggregate data
, RHIT 5TH Edition – AHIMA Exam
Questions And Answers
Suppose that you want to display the # of deaths due to breast
cancer for the years 1998 - 2008. What's the best graphic technique
to show this? - - -
correct answer ✅Line graph
In May, 270 women were admitted to the obstetrics for service. Of
these 263 women delivered; 33 deliveries were by C-section.
What's the denominator for calculating the C-section rate? - - -
correct answer ✅263
Community hospital discharged 9 patients on April 1. The length of
stay for ea was as follows: patient A, 1day, patient B, 5 days, patient
C, 3 days; patient D, 3 days; patient E, 8days; patient F, 8; patient G
8days; patient H, 9 days; for patient I, 9 days. What was the avg
length of stay for these 9 patients? - - -
correct answer ✅Add all the days up = 54
54 days / 9 patients =
6 days avg length stay per pt.
Questions And Answers
Managing an organization's data & those who enter it is an ongoing
challenge requiring active admin. & oversight. This can be
accomplished by the organization thru mgmt of the what? - - -
correct answer ✅A data dictionary
A consumer nonprofit organization wants to conduct studies on the
quality of care provided to Medicare patients in a specific region. A
HIT professional has been hired to manage this project. The
nonprofit organization asks the HIT professional @ the viability of
using billing data as the basis for its analysis. What are quality
considerations in using billing data? - - -
correct answer ✅Accuracy of the data
Consistency of the data
Appropriateness of the data
The cost of the data would NOT be a quality consideration in using
the billing data.
The HIM dept. recently performed an audit of health records. The
audit showed that for the 10,000 records filed there was a 7% error
rate. Given that the Natl. avg. labor cost of ea misfile = $200.00,
what's the labor cost for the dept. for handling these misfiled
records? - - -
,RHIT 5TH Edition – AHIMA Exam
Questions And Answers
correct answer ✅If the cost of ea misfile = $200.ea this would cost
the facility $140,000.
(10,000 x 0.07) x $200 = $140,000
Cancer registries are established by hospitals - - -
correct answer ✅Voluntarily or by state law
If an employee produces 2,080 hrs of work ea yr, how many
employees will be required for the coding area if the coding time on
avg for 1 record is 30 mins & there are 12,500 records that must be
coded ea yr? - - -
correct answer ✅The # of records per FTE is 2 (# of records per hr)
x 2080 = 4160
Therefore, 3 employees per yr are required: 12, = 3.0
You're the Director of HIM @ Community Hospital. A physician has
asked for the total # of appendectomies that he performed at your
hospital last yr. You will provide the physician with: - - -
correct answer ✅Aggregate data
, RHIT 5TH Edition – AHIMA Exam
Questions And Answers
Suppose that you want to display the # of deaths due to breast
cancer for the years 1998 - 2008. What's the best graphic technique
to show this? - - -
correct answer ✅Line graph
In May, 270 women were admitted to the obstetrics for service. Of
these 263 women delivered; 33 deliveries were by C-section.
What's the denominator for calculating the C-section rate? - - -
correct answer ✅263
Community hospital discharged 9 patients on April 1. The length of
stay for ea was as follows: patient A, 1day, patient B, 5 days, patient
C, 3 days; patient D, 3 days; patient E, 8days; patient F, 8; patient G
8days; patient H, 9 days; for patient I, 9 days. What was the avg
length of stay for these 9 patients? - - -
correct answer ✅Add all the days up = 54
54 days / 9 patients =
6 days avg length stay per pt.
