CCDS exam with 100% correct
answers 2025 already graded
A+(verified & updated)
Blended rate - answer The base rate plus any add-on reimbursement
factors (eg for indirect costs of medical education, capital
acquisitions, and disproportionate share of Medicare patients)
Case-Mix index (CMI) - answer The sum of all DRG relative weights
divided by the number of Medicare cases. A low CMI may denote
DRG assignments that do not adequately reflect the resources used
to treat Medicare patients.
CMS - answer The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, formerly
HCFA, the federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and
works in partnership with the state governments to administer
Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
CC Complication and Comorbidity - answer A condition that, when
present, leads to substantially increased hospital resource use, such
as intensive monitoring, expensive and technically complex
services, and extensive care requiring a greater number of
caregivers. Significant acute diseases, acute exacerbations of
significant chronic diseases, advanced or end-stage chronic
diseases, and chronic diseases associated with extensive debility
are representative of CC conditions. Some examples are UTI, acute
respiratory insufficiency, and hyponatremia.
ICD-9-CM - answer The International Classification of Diseases, 9th
Revision, Clinical Modification. This is the official system of
assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures associated with
hospital utilization in the United States.
answers 2025 already graded
A+(verified & updated)
Blended rate - answer The base rate plus any add-on reimbursement
factors (eg for indirect costs of medical education, capital
acquisitions, and disproportionate share of Medicare patients)
Case-Mix index (CMI) - answer The sum of all DRG relative weights
divided by the number of Medicare cases. A low CMI may denote
DRG assignments that do not adequately reflect the resources used
to treat Medicare patients.
CMS - answer The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, formerly
HCFA, the federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and
works in partnership with the state governments to administer
Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
CC Complication and Comorbidity - answer A condition that, when
present, leads to substantially increased hospital resource use, such
as intensive monitoring, expensive and technically complex
services, and extensive care requiring a greater number of
caregivers. Significant acute diseases, acute exacerbations of
significant chronic diseases, advanced or end-stage chronic
diseases, and chronic diseases associated with extensive debility
are representative of CC conditions. Some examples are UTI, acute
respiratory insufficiency, and hyponatremia.
ICD-9-CM - answer The International Classification of Diseases, 9th
Revision, Clinical Modification. This is the official system of
assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures associated with
hospital utilization in the United States.
