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CDIP Exam Prep |2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED|REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED
SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
When trying to determine if documentation is present to substantiate status asthmaticus, the
coder should review the record for what terms and phrases?
A) Intractable pneumonia
B) Refractory asthma and severe, intractable wheezing
C) Airway obstruction relieved by bronchodilators
D) Limited but pronounced wheezing - (answer)B) Refractory asthma and severe, intractable
wheezing
Mechanical ventilation codes require consideration of:
A) The time when a tracheal tube is inserted
B) The replacement of an endotracheal tube
C) The start time of endotracheal tube insertion followed by mechanical ventilation
D) Mechanical ventilation during surgery - (answer)C) The start time of endotracheal tube
insertion followed by mechanical ventilation
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Abbreviations can be a source of patient safety issues due to misinterpretation and
miscommunication. Abbreviations in the health record:
A) Are not permitted by Joint Commission standards
B) Should have only one meaning
C) Enhance patient safety
D) Are critical to an electronic health record system - (answer)B) Should have only one meaning
When the documentation in the medical record is insufficient to assign a more specific code, a
___ code is assigned.
A) MCC
B) CC
C) NOS
D) Unspecified - (answer)D) Unspecified
A CP patient was admitted with acute bronchitis, possible pneumonia. In reviewing the diagnoses
below what additionally will impact the patient's ICD-10 code assignment?
A) Spasticity
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B) Quadriplegia
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above - (answer)C) Both A and B
If a patient undergoes a biopsy immediately before the definitive surgery for a frozen section,
how should this be coded with ICD-10_PCS codes?
A) The approach to the definitive surgery
B) Suture method
C) Exploratory surgery
D) Open biopsy and definitive surgery - (answer)D) Open biopsy and definitive surgery
A patient had a liver transplant 2 years ago. She has been experiencing problems with her
kidneys with a GFR of 20 and Stage IV CKD. She is noted to have some jaundice. Based on this:
A) Query should be performed for complication of liver transplant
B) Query should be performed for complication of liver transplant
C) Query should not be performed as there are no liver complications
CDIP Exam Prep |2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED|REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED
SOLUTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
When trying to determine if documentation is present to substantiate status asthmaticus, the
coder should review the record for what terms and phrases?
A) Intractable pneumonia
B) Refractory asthma and severe, intractable wheezing
C) Airway obstruction relieved by bronchodilators
D) Limited but pronounced wheezing - (answer)B) Refractory asthma and severe, intractable
wheezing
Mechanical ventilation codes require consideration of:
A) The time when a tracheal tube is inserted
B) The replacement of an endotracheal tube
C) The start time of endotracheal tube insertion followed by mechanical ventilation
D) Mechanical ventilation during surgery - (answer)C) The start time of endotracheal tube
insertion followed by mechanical ventilation
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Abbreviations can be a source of patient safety issues due to misinterpretation and
miscommunication. Abbreviations in the health record:
A) Are not permitted by Joint Commission standards
B) Should have only one meaning
C) Enhance patient safety
D) Are critical to an electronic health record system - (answer)B) Should have only one meaning
When the documentation in the medical record is insufficient to assign a more specific code, a
___ code is assigned.
A) MCC
B) CC
C) NOS
D) Unspecified - (answer)D) Unspecified
A CP patient was admitted with acute bronchitis, possible pneumonia. In reviewing the diagnoses
below what additionally will impact the patient's ICD-10 code assignment?
A) Spasticity
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B) Quadriplegia
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above - (answer)C) Both A and B
If a patient undergoes a biopsy immediately before the definitive surgery for a frozen section,
how should this be coded with ICD-10_PCS codes?
A) The approach to the definitive surgery
B) Suture method
C) Exploratory surgery
D) Open biopsy and definitive surgery - (answer)D) Open biopsy and definitive surgery
A patient had a liver transplant 2 years ago. She has been experiencing problems with her
kidneys with a GFR of 20 and Stage IV CKD. She is noted to have some jaundice. Based on this:
A) Query should be performed for complication of liver transplant
B) Query should be performed for complication of liver transplant
C) Query should not be performed as there are no liver complications
