AHIMA CDIP - Certified Documentation Integrity Practitioner
Which of the following may make physicians lose respect for clinical documentation integrity (CDI) efforts and disengage?
When a change in departmental workflow is necessary, the first step is to
Which of the following is an appropriate first step to address physicians with low query response rates?
The clinical documentation integrity practitioner (CDIP) performed a verbal query and then later neglected following up with the provider. How should the CDIP avoid a
compliance risk for this follow up failure according to AHIMA's Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice?
When are concurrent queries initiated?
Which of the following is a clinical documentation integrity (CDI) financial impact measure?
While reviewing a chart, a clinical documentation integrity practitioner (CDIP) needs to access the general rules for the ICD-10-CM Includes Notes and Excludes Notes
1 and 2. Which coding reference should be used?
The clinical documentation integrity (CDI) manager is reviewing physician benchmarks and notices a low-severity level being measured against average length of stay.
What should the CDI manager keep in mind when discussing this observation with physicians?
The clinical documentation integrity practitioner (CDIP) is reviewing tracking data and has noted physician responses are not captured in the medical chart. What can be
done to improve this process?
A clinical documentation integrity practitioner (CDIP) generates a concurrent query and continues to follow retrospectively; however, the coder releases the bill before
the query is answered. The CDIP wonders if it is appropriate to re-bill the account if the physician answers the query after the bill has dropped. Which policy should the
hospital follow to avoid a compliance risk?