CDIP Domain 2: Leadership Exam
Questions with Verified Answers
AHIMA - Answer-American Health Information Management Association
ACDIS - Answer-Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists
IDT - Answer-Interdisciplinary Team
LOS - Answer-Length of Stay
The RHIT, RHIA or CCS should have how many years of inpatient coding experience
before becoming a CDI specialist? - Answer-at least 3-5 years
Hospitalists - Answer-Physicians whose primary professional focus is the general
medical care of hospitalized patients
Timeframes for completion of queries should be included in - Answer-the programs
policies
Physician Champions - Answer-Providers who are very engaged with the CDI program
and understand and believe in the value of participating in a program that promotes
specificity and consistency in documentation in the medical record
Physician Advisor - Answer-Valuable resource who can help answer any clinical
questions for the CDI specialist before writing a query, and will help ensure that the
queries a brand new CDI specialist writes are as clinically accurate as possible.
Query response expectations are up to the discretion of - Answer-the facility
Retrospective Queries - Answer-Queries that are written post-discharge
CDI Toolkit - Answer-provides information for establishing a CDI program
Policies and procedures should be in what type of format for easy reference? - Answer-
Written
MS-DRG - Answer-Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Groups
SOI - Answer-Severity of Illness
ROM - Answer-Risk of Mortality
Questions with Verified Answers
AHIMA - Answer-American Health Information Management Association
ACDIS - Answer-Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists
IDT - Answer-Interdisciplinary Team
LOS - Answer-Length of Stay
The RHIT, RHIA or CCS should have how many years of inpatient coding experience
before becoming a CDI specialist? - Answer-at least 3-5 years
Hospitalists - Answer-Physicians whose primary professional focus is the general
medical care of hospitalized patients
Timeframes for completion of queries should be included in - Answer-the programs
policies
Physician Champions - Answer-Providers who are very engaged with the CDI program
and understand and believe in the value of participating in a program that promotes
specificity and consistency in documentation in the medical record
Physician Advisor - Answer-Valuable resource who can help answer any clinical
questions for the CDI specialist before writing a query, and will help ensure that the
queries a brand new CDI specialist writes are as clinically accurate as possible.
Query response expectations are up to the discretion of - Answer-the facility
Retrospective Queries - Answer-Queries that are written post-discharge
CDI Toolkit - Answer-provides information for establishing a CDI program
Policies and procedures should be in what type of format for easy reference? - Answer-
Written
MS-DRG - Answer-Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Groups
SOI - Answer-Severity of Illness
ROM - Answer-Risk of Mortality
