Study guide

CDIP study guide

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Lessons

  1. General Coding Conventions, Punctuation & In
  2. Official Coding Resources: Scope, Authority
  3. Chapter-Specific and Setting-Specific Coding
  4. Evaluating CDI Professional Performance
  5. Using Data to Design CDI Workflow and Staffi
  6. External Benchmarking: CMI, Severity, Mortal
  7. Provider Documentation Benchmarking — Free Study Guide 2026
  8. Departmental Metrics: Definitions, Calculati
  9. Internal CDI Quality Audits and Reviewer Cal
  10. Query Trends: Understanding the Process and
  11. Inpatient Review Prioritization: High-Risk &
  12. Pharmacotherapy, Clinical Trajectories & Dis
  13. Payer Prioritization, Length of Stay & Re-Re
  14. Systematic Identification of Documentation G
  15. AKI Criteria, Tubular Injury, and CKD Stagin
  16. Sepsis Definitions, SEP-1, and Coding — Free Study Guide 2026
  17. Resolving Conflicting, Ambiguous & Copy-Forw
  18. Interpreting Diagnostic Imaging, Pathology &
  19. Synthesizing Provider Notes, Consults & Prog
  20. Principles of a Compliant, Nonleading Query
  21. Malnutrition Assessment, Severity, and Provi
  22. Open-Ended, Multiple-Choice, and Yes/No Quer
  23. Clinical Validation and Coding Clarification
  24. Clinical Validation Queries and Denial Evide
  25. Detecting Leading, Biased and Unsupported Qu
  26. AHIMA/ACDIS Practice Brief Standards in Poli
  27. Medical Record Integration of Provider Query
  28. Policies for Electronic, Paper, and Verbal Q
  29. Partnering with Nursing, Pharmacy & Allied H
  30. Executing, Piloting & Measuring CDI Project
  31. Documentation Improvement Project Identifica
  32. Encephalopathy, Delirium, and Acute Cognitiv
  33. Heart Failure Phenotype, Acuity, and Hyperte
  34. Respiratory Failure: Acuity, Evidence, and S
  35. Documentation Impacts on Case Management, LO
  36. Delivery Methods: Microlearning, Case Studie
  37. Documentation Impacts on Clinical Research &
  38. Organizational Models, Inpatient/Outpatient
  39. Cross-Functional Collaboration: HIM, Quality
  40. Articulating CDI Value to C-Suite & Hospital
  41. Applying AHIMA Ethics to CDI Decisions — Free Study Guide 2026
  42. Responding to Financial Pressure and Upcodin
  43. Maintaining Competence and Professional Inte
  44. CDI-Coding Reconciliation & Annual Regulator
  45. MS-DRG Logic, CC/MCC Exclusions & Severity L
  46. Working vs. Final DRG Assignment & Optimizat
  47. Developing Standard CDI Operational Policies
  48. Selection, Role & Credibility of the CDI Phy
  49. Peer-to-Peer Engagement, Coaching & Overcomi
  50. Two or More Diagnoses Equally Meeting Criter
  51. UHDDS Definitions & Principal Diagnosis Sele
  52. Secondary Diagnosis Reporting Standards & PO
  53. Applying Official References to Ambiguous Re
  54. ICD-10-PCS Root Operations & Inpatient Proce
  55. Principal Procedure Selection & Surgical Seq
  56. Clarifying Acuity, Cause, Site and Severity
  57. Post-Discharge Query Opportunities and Limit
  58. Managing Post-Discharge Query Workflows
  59. Present on Admission Clarification and Selec
  60. Assessing Stakeholder Learning Needs & Speci
  61. Conflict Resolution & Professional Feedback
  62. Chain of Command & Protocols for Unanswered
  63. Capturing and Clarifying Query Responses
  64. Electronic Query Systems, Templates, and Tec
  65. Collaborating With the Appropriate Query Rec
  66. Query Timeframes, Aging and Measurement
  67. Query Records, Retention and Evidence Preser
  68. Query Remediation and Corrective Action
  69. EHR Templates, Copied Text and Record Integr
  70. False Claims, Overpayments and Referral Laws
  71. Regulatory Agencies, Review Contractors and
  72. CAC, NLP and AI: Context, Oversight and Perf
  73. Selecting Cases for Second-Level Review
  74. Conducting and Closing a Second-Level Review