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ACDIS CCDS study guide

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Lessons

  1. Working DRG versus Final DRG Reconciliation
  2. Non-Confrontational Communication and When V
  3. Roles and Responsibilities of the CDI Specia
  4. Coder Roles Working with a CDI Department
  5. Physician Education Tools, Forms, and Presen
  6. PEPPER, Forecasting, Hospital Financial Data
  7. Measuring Physician Documentation Performanc
  8. CMI, CC/MCC Capture, and High-Frequency DRGs
  9. Productivity, Query Volume, and Provider Res
  10. SOI/ROM as CDI Program Performance Metrics
  11. Circulatory Disorders — Free Study Guide 2026
  12. Digestive and Hepatobiliary Disorders — Free Study Guide 2026
  13. Musculoskeletal and Skin — Free Study Guide 2026
  14. Diabetes, Dehydration, and Obesity — Free Study Guide 2026
  15. Anemia, Coagulation, Sickle Cell, Lymphoma,
  16. AKI, CKD Staging, UTI, and Urinary Stones
  17. Malnutrition Criteria, Severity, and Audit R
  18. Mental, Substance Use, Injuries/Toxicology,
  19. Medications, Diagnostic Tests, and Abbreviat
  20. Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, Postoperative and Oth
  21. Nervous System Conditions for CDI — Free Study Guide 2026
  22. Pneumonia, COPD, PE, Pleural Effusion, and R
  23. Acute and Chronic Respiratory Failure, ABGs,
  24. Official Guidelines, Cooperating Parties, Up
  25. Principal Diagnosis Selection — Free Study Guide 2026
  26. Secondary Diagnosis Reporting Criteria — Free Study Guide 2026
  27. Discharge Disposition, Transfer Payment, Pri
  28. CMS Hospital-Acquired Condition Payment Prov
  29. Present-on-Admission Indicator Assignment an
  30. Sequencing When Two Diagnoses Equally Meet P
  31. Integral Signs/Symptoms, the With Convention
  32. DRG Compliance, DRG Creep, and the OIG Work
  33. PEPPER Compliance Risks and the False Claims
  34. ACDIS/AHIMA 2026 Guidelines for Achieving a
  35. Clinical Validation and Diagnoses without Cl
  36. Compliant versus Leading and Other Noncompli
  37. ACDIS Code of Ethics and CDI Goals beyond Re
  38. HIPAA, Minimum Necessary, and Record Confide
  39. Leading Queries as a Compliance Failure
  40. Eligibility Pathways and the 2,000-Hour Year
  41. Current Exam Facts — Free Study Guide 2026
  42. Recertification, Fees, and How This Guide Ma
  43. Allowed Resources and Test-Day Rules — Free Study Guide 2026
  44. Provider and Clinical Staff Documentation Du
  45. How IPPS Works and How CMS Updates It — Free Study Guide 2026
  46. MS-DRG Assignment, Relative Weights, and Gro
  47. HVBP, HAC Reduction Program, HRRP, 30-Day Mo
  48. Healthcare-Associated Infections versus Comp
  49. PSI 90 Components and PSIs beyond the Compos
  50. Abstracted versus Claims-Based Quality Data
  51. Mortality Reviews and Observed-to-Expected R
  52. Documentation Impact on Mortality Index
  53. Clinical Indicators and How to Source Them
  54. Open-Ended, Multiple-Choice, and Yes/No
  55. Concurrent, Retrospective, Pre-Bill, and Pro
  56. Verbal Queries and Required Documentation
  57. Which Record Elements Support Diagnosis and
  58. Attending versus Radiologist, Pathologist, a
  59. When Queries Are Not Appropriate — Free Study Guide 2026
  60. When a Physician Query Is Warranted — Free Study Guide 2026
  61. Case Mix Index and Why CDI Tracks It — Free Study Guide 2026
  62. CC versus MCC Recognition and CC Exclusion L
  63. MAC, RAC, CERT, OIG, and Denial-Vulnerable P
  64. Two-Midnight Rule, Medical Necessity of Sett