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CDIP EXAM NEWEST 2025 PACKAGE DEAL (CERTIFIED
DOCUMENTATION INTEGRITY PRACTITIONER) EXAM|
2 LATEST VERSIONS (EXAM 1 & 2) WITH 1100 REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) WITH RATIONALES| GRADED A
| CDIP EXAM PREP 2025 (GUAR
Alphabetic Index of the ICD-10-CM .....ANSWER..... referenced
first to identify the diagnostic term or condition to be coded
provide the first few characters for the code to then use to locate
the appropriate section within the Tabular List to complete the
code.
Tabular List .....ANSWER..... provide additional information
needed to code the condition correctly such as Excludes 1 notes
(not coded here), Excludes 2 notes (not included here), Code First,
Code Also, and so forth
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Excludes 1 notes .....ANSWER..... not coded here
Excludes 2 notes .....ANSWER..... (not included here)
Coding clinics .....ANSWER..... published quarterly by the
American Hospital Association (AHA). These provide clarification
and advice on how to implement and interpret the Official
Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. Any person can submit a
question to the AHA for assistance. All questions will receive a
response and those deemed most beneficial to the industry will
be published.
CPT® codebook .....ANSWER..... copyrighted and published by
the American Medical Association (AMA)
encoder nosology .....ANSWER..... platform for the CDI
professional to seek guidance and ask specific questions
regarding the correct coding and sequencing for various
scenarios
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Principal diagnosis: .....ANSWER..... "that condition established
after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the
admission of the patient to the hospital for care"
Secondary (Other) diagnosis .....ANSWER..... "all conditions that
coexist at the time of admission, that develop subsequently, or
that affect the treatment received and/or the length of stay" (p.
107). In other words, to meet this definition, the condition must
have received one or more of the following:
Clinical evaluation; or
Therapeutic treatment; or
Diagnostic procedures; or
Extended length of hospital stay; or
Increased nursing care and/or monitoring.
approved by the four organizations that make up the
Cooperating Parties for the ICD-10-CM .....ANSWER..... American
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Hospital Association (AHA), the American Health Information
Management Association (AHIMA), CMS, and NCHS.
The Alphabetic Index consists of the following parts
.....ANSWER..... the Index of Diseases and Injury, the Index of
External Causes of Injury, the Table of Neoplasms and the Table
of Drugs and Chemicals.
The ICD-10-CM Tabular List contains .....ANSWER..... categories,
subcategories and codes
"X" .....ANSWER..... used as a placeholder at certain codes to
allow for future expansion.
NEC .....ANSWER..... "Not elsewhere classifiable" This
abbreviation in the Alphabetic Index represents "other
specified." When a specific code is not available for a condition,
the Alphabetic Index directs the coder to the "other specified"
code in the Tabular List.
CDIP EXAM NEWEST 2025 PACKAGE DEAL (CERTIFIED
DOCUMENTATION INTEGRITY PRACTITIONER) EXAM|
2 LATEST VERSIONS (EXAM 1 & 2) WITH 1100 REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) WITH RATIONALES| GRADED A
| CDIP EXAM PREP 2025 (GUAR
Alphabetic Index of the ICD-10-CM .....ANSWER..... referenced
first to identify the diagnostic term or condition to be coded
provide the first few characters for the code to then use to locate
the appropriate section within the Tabular List to complete the
code.
Tabular List .....ANSWER..... provide additional information
needed to code the condition correctly such as Excludes 1 notes
(not coded here), Excludes 2 notes (not included here), Code First,
Code Also, and so forth
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Excludes 1 notes .....ANSWER..... not coded here
Excludes 2 notes .....ANSWER..... (not included here)
Coding clinics .....ANSWER..... published quarterly by the
American Hospital Association (AHA). These provide clarification
and advice on how to implement and interpret the Official
Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. Any person can submit a
question to the AHA for assistance. All questions will receive a
response and those deemed most beneficial to the industry will
be published.
CPT® codebook .....ANSWER..... copyrighted and published by
the American Medical Association (AMA)
encoder nosology .....ANSWER..... platform for the CDI
professional to seek guidance and ask specific questions
regarding the correct coding and sequencing for various
scenarios
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Principal diagnosis: .....ANSWER..... "that condition established
after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the
admission of the patient to the hospital for care"
Secondary (Other) diagnosis .....ANSWER..... "all conditions that
coexist at the time of admission, that develop subsequently, or
that affect the treatment received and/or the length of stay" (p.
107). In other words, to meet this definition, the condition must
have received one or more of the following:
Clinical evaluation; or
Therapeutic treatment; or
Diagnostic procedures; or
Extended length of hospital stay; or
Increased nursing care and/or monitoring.
approved by the four organizations that make up the
Cooperating Parties for the ICD-10-CM .....ANSWER..... American
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Hospital Association (AHA), the American Health Information
Management Association (AHIMA), CMS, and NCHS.
The Alphabetic Index consists of the following parts
.....ANSWER..... the Index of Diseases and Injury, the Index of
External Causes of Injury, the Table of Neoplasms and the Table
of Drugs and Chemicals.
The ICD-10-CM Tabular List contains .....ANSWER..... categories,
subcategories and codes
"X" .....ANSWER..... used as a placeholder at certain codes to
allow for future expansion.
NEC .....ANSWER..... "Not elsewhere classifiable" This
abbreviation in the Alphabetic Index represents "other
specified." When a specific code is not available for a condition,
the Alphabetic Index directs the coder to the "other specified"
code in the Tabular List.
