CDIP Practice Test

CDIP Practice Test practice questions, page 3 of 6, with answer review and explanations.

Question 11

Which of the following is nonessential to facilitate code capture when educating clinical staff on documentation practices associated with diabetes mellitus?

  1. Manifestation
  2. Type
  3. Age
  4. Cause

Question 12

A query should be generated when the documentation is

  1. consistent
  2. legible
  3. conflicting
  4. complete

Question 13

Besides the physician advisor/champion, who should be included as a key stakeholder in the clinical documentation integrity (CDI) steering committee to promote CDI initiatives?

  1. Director of Risk Management
  2. Manager of Surgical Services
  3. Manager of HIM/Coding
  4. Director of Informatics

Question 14

A clinical documentation integrity practitioner (CDIP) hired by an internal medicine clinic is creating policies governing written queries. What is an AHIMA best practice for these policies?

  1. Primary care physicians must answer written queries
  2. Non-responses to written queries are grounds for discipline
  3. Queries are limited to non-leading questions
  4. Queries for illegible chart notes are unnecessary

Question 15

A hospital administrator has hired a clinical documentation integrity (CDI) firm to improve its revenue objectives. The physicians object to this action. How should the firm collaborate with physicians to overcome their objections?

  1. Identify an influential physician advisor/champion to promote support
  2. Hire a consultant to communicate the benefits to the physicians
  3. Create a vision statement that outlines the project objectives
  4. Communicate the benefits of the CDI firm about the project