Synopses & Reviews
The PROFESSIONAL REVIEW GUIDE FOR THE RHIA AND RHIT EXAMINATIONS, 2013 EDITION, is an essential, effective preparation tool for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) exams. This comprehensive learning package includes a reader-friendly, content-rich text, now featuring online interactive quizzing, accessible via Printed Access Code bound into the front cover of the book. An available WebTutor™ supplement adds versatile online course management tools, including exam content, flashcards, course objectives, class notes, and discussion questions. Thorough and up-to-date, this invaluable guide covers critical information to help students pass their exam and prepare for professional success, including material on current code sets and AHIMA standards, recent changes to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, electronic medical records, HIPAA requirements, informatics and information systems, privacy and security, legal and ethical considerations, statistics and research, quality and improvement, organization and management, and human resources. In addition to mock exams modeled closely to actual AHIMA exams, the guide includes study tips, information on test taking skills, and study materials linked to AHIMA competencies to help students hone their knowledge-based health information skill sets.
About the Author
Patricia Schnering is an adjunct instructor of HIM at St. Petersburg College, and serves on its advisory board. In addition to experience as an HIM supervisor and consultant, she is the founder and owner of PRG Publishing Inc., where she published the first Professional Review Guides. Ms. Schering has served as president of GCHIMA and on FHIMA's board of directors, where she twice received the FHIMA Literary Award. She is also a member of AHIMA and the Assembly on Education (AOE). In addition to a B.S.in business administration from the University of South Florida, she is a graduate of the health information management program at St. Petersburg College, and holds both CCS and RHIA certifications.
Table of Contents
Introduction. 1. Examination Study Strategies and Resources. 2. Test-Taking Skills. 3. Health Data Content and Standards. 4. Information Retention and Access. 5. Classification Systems and Secondary Data Sources. 6. Medical Billing and Reimbursement Systems. 7. Medical Science. 8. ICD-9-CM Coding. 9. CPT Coding. 10. Informatics and Information Systems. 11. Health Information Privacy and Security. 12. Health Law. 13. Health Statistics and Research. 14. Quality and Performance Improvement. 15. Organization and Management. 16. Human Resources. 17. Mock Examination Evaluation Form.