AHIMA RHIA Exam - Topic 7 Question 47 Discussion

Actual exam question for AHIMA's RHIA exam

Question #: 47
Topic #: 7

You are considering the classification of two patients discharged from your hospital yester Both patients had a length of stay that was increased due to co-morbidities and/or complicat described below:

The best way to describe these two cases would be to say that:

ABoth Fred and Ted have concomitant chronic co-morbidities; Fred also had a nosocom complication.

BBoth Fred and Ted have concomitant chronic co-morbidities; Ted also had an iatrog complication.

CFred had a concomitant chronic co-morbidity; Ted had a concomitant complication.

DFred had a concomitant chronic complication; Ted had a concomitant co-morbidity.

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Suggested Answer: B

by Stephen at May 06, 2022, 10:38 PM

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Wilbert

7 months ago

I agree, A seems right, but I could see some confusion with B.

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Stefan

7 months ago

Definitely option A, that makes the most sense.

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Johnathon

7 months ago

Wait, did Fred really have a nosocomial complication? Sounds off.

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Johnathon

7 months ago

I think Ted's issue was iatrogenic, not just chronic.

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Jina

8 months ago

Both had chronic co-morbidities for sure!

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Leota

8 months ago

I'm pretty sure the primary product should be a mitigation plan for each equipment item evaluated. That seems to be the core purpose of an RBI.

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Arlette

8 months ago

Hmm, I'm not entirely sure about this one. I'll have to think it through carefully before selecting an answer.

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Tom

8 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but wasn't there something about how importing settings does not overwrite everything completely? That might support option B.

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