RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS
(Coding) with verified answers already passed
1. (113) If a patient has an excision of a malignant abdominal
lesion of the skin, the CPT code is determined pain
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
ex- cised as described in the operative
report
2. (114) According to CPT, a repair of a
laceration that includes retention sutures
would be considered what type of closure?
A) Complex
B) Intermediate
C)Not specified
D) Simple
3. (115) The patient was admitted with nausea,
vomiting and abdominal pain. The physician
documents the fol- lowing 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,
,RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS
(Coding) with verified answers already passed
D) Diameter of the lesion as well as the margins ex- cised as described in
the operative report
A) Complex
D) Acute cholecystitis
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B) Abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, acute
cholecys- titis
C)Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain
D) Acute cholecystitis
4. (116) A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been A)
Miscarriage
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
5. (117) An 80-year-old female is admitted with C) Query the
fever, lethargy, hypotension, tachycardia, physician to ask if
oliguria, and ele- the patient has
vated WBC. The patient has more than 100,000 organ- septicemia
because of the
isms of Escherichia coli per cc of urine. The the prin-
attend- ing physician documents "urosepsis". cipal
How should this case be coded? diagnosis
C)Query
A) Code sepsis as the principal diagnosis with the
urinary tract infection due to E.coli as physician
secondary diagnosis to ask if
B) Code urinary tract infection with sepsis as the patient
, RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS
(Coding) with verified answers already passed
has sep- ticemia because of the symptomatology
symptomatology
D) Query the physician to ask if the patient had
septic
(Coding) with verified answers already passed
1. (113) If a patient has an excision of a malignant abdominal
lesion of the skin, the CPT code is determined pain
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
ex- cised as described in the operative
report
2. (114) According to CPT, a repair of a
laceration that includes retention sutures
would be considered what type of closure?
A) Complex
B) Intermediate
C)Not specified
D) Simple
3. (115) The patient was admitted with nausea,
vomiting and abdominal pain. The physician
documents the fol- lowing 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,
,RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS
(Coding) with verified answers already passed
D) Diameter of the lesion as well as the margins ex- cised as described in
the operative report
A) Complex
D) Acute cholecystitis
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B) Abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, acute
cholecys- titis
C)Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain
D) Acute cholecystitis
4. (116) A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been A)
Miscarriage
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
5. (117) An 80-year-old female is admitted with C) Query the
fever, lethargy, hypotension, tachycardia, physician to ask if
oliguria, and ele- the patient has
vated WBC. The patient has more than 100,000 organ- septicemia
because of the
isms of Escherichia coli per cc of urine. The the prin-
attend- ing physician documents "urosepsis". cipal
How should this case be coded? diagnosis
C)Query
A) Code sepsis as the principal diagnosis with the
urinary tract infection due to E.coli as physician
secondary diagnosis to ask if
B) Code urinary tract infection with sepsis as the patient
, RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS
(Coding) with verified answers already passed
has sep- ticemia because of the symptomatology
symptomatology
D) Query the physician to ask if the patient had
septic
