HAAD RHIA Exam Questions
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) (Page 46 )

Updated On: 19-Feb-2026

The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) is a project sponsored by the

  1. National Library of Medicine.
  2. CMS.
  3. World Health Organization.
  4. Officer of Inspector General.

Answer(s): A



A patient is admitted with shortness of breath and hemoptysis. A chest x-ray revealed patchy infiltrates in the left lung and possible pneumonia. On the third day of hospitalization a bronchoscopy with biopsy was done which revealed a small cell carcinoma of the left upper lobe of the lung. A metastatic lesion in the brain was detected. The principal diagnosis is the

  1. metastatic brain carcinoma.
  2. small cell lung carcinoma.
  3. hemoptysis.
  4. pneumonia.

Answer(s): B



Jane Moore was admitted to the ambulatory care unit of the hospital for a planned cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis. Shortly before surgery, Jane developed tachycardia, and the surgery was canceled. After a thorough workup for the tachycardia, Jane was discharged. This outpatient admission should be coded in the following sequence:

  1. V code for canceled surgery, tachycardia, cholelithiasis.
  2. tachycardia, V code for canceled surgery, cholelithiasis.
  3. cholelithiasis, V code for canceled surgery.
  4. cholelithiasis, V code for canceled surgery, tachycardia.

Answer(s): D



A patient has a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy. The coder selected the following codes:

This type of coding is referred to as

  1. upcoding.
  2. unbundling.
  3. maximizing.
  4. optimization.

Answer(s): B



A 75-year-old female was admitted for repair of a hiatal hernia which was performed on the first day of admission. While recovering, the patient fell out of her bed and sustained a fractured femur which was surgically reduced. Further complications included severe angina for which a cardiac catheterization and PTCA were performed. The principal procedure is

  1. femur reduction.
  2. herniorrhaphy.
  3. catheterization.
  4. PTCA.

Answer(s): B






Post your Comments and Discuss HAAD RHIA exam dumps with other Community members:

Join the RHIA Discussion