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| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Professionalism, ethics, and compliance | 9.17% | - Query compliance, DRG creep, and audit risks - Confidentiality, DRG compliance, and ethical CDI practices |
| Impact of reportable diagnoses on quality of care | 8.33% | - Mortality, severity of illness, and risk of mortality - Quality metrics, reporting programs, and financial impact |
| Healthcare facility CDI program analysis | 8.33% | - CDI productivity, provider response, CMI, and program metrics - Data analysis, forecasting, and performance measurement |
| Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting | 14.17% | - Principal and secondary diagnosis assignment - Coding guidelines, AHA Coding Clinic, HACs, and POA indicators |
| Healthcare regulations, reimbursement, and documentation requirements related to the IPPS | 12.5% | - CC/MCC, CMI, Medicare contractors, and compliance - IPPS, MS-DRGs, reimbursement, and medical necessity |
| Anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and medical terminology | 19.17% | - Anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and terminology - Clinical conditions and clinical indicators |
| Medical record documentation | 19.17% | - Documentation clarification and compliant physician queries - Documentation requirements and diagnosis or procedure code assignment |
| Communication skills | 9.17% | - Physician education and effective communication - CDI and coding roles and interdisciplinary collaboration |
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NEW QUESTION # 99
A patient is admitted with fever, productive cough, and hypotension. The attending physician documents sepsis due to pneumonia. Acute kidney injury develops and is documented as due to sepsis. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate sequencing concept?
Answer: D
Explanation:
When sepsis due to a localized infection is responsible for the admission, the systemic infection is generally sequenced first, followed by the localized infection. If acute organ dysfunction is documented as associated with the sepsis, severe sepsis coding additionally requires the appropriate R65.2- code and code(s) for the acute organ dysfunction.
The severe-sepsis code itself is not sequenced as principal diagnosis. The underlying systemic infection precedes it. In this case, the patient's AKI has specifically been linked to sepsis, supporting the severe-sepsis framework.
Pneumonia remains important because it identifies the localized source of infection, but it does not generally precede the systemic infection when sepsis is present on admission and is responsible for the hospitalization.
The CDI specialist should verify that the documentation clearly establishes the relationship between the acute organ dysfunction and sepsis. Organ dysfunction occurring in a patient with sepsis is not automatically attributable to sepsis when another cause is documented or clinically plausible.
The FY 2026 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines govern these sequencing principles.
CCDS Reference Topics: Sepsis; severe sepsis; principal diagnosis; acute organ dysfunction; sequencing.
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NEW QUESTION # 100
At discharge, the physician documents, "Possible gram-negative pneumonia." No later documentation rules out the condition. How should the diagnosis generally be handled for an inpatient admission?
Answer: C
Explanation:
In the inpatient hospital setting, an uncertain diagnosis documented at discharge using terminology such as possible, probable, suspected, likely, questionable, compatible with, or consistent with may generally be coded as though the condition existed or was established.
Therefore, "possible gram-negative pneumonia" may be coded in accordance with the inpatient uncertain- diagnosis guideline when it remains the final diagnostic conclusion.
The rationale is that inpatient diagnostic evaluation and treatment frequently occur before absolute confirmation is available, and the patient may have been managed as though the suspected disease were present.
This rule is materially different from outpatient coding, where uncertain diagnoses are generally not coded as established and the documented signs, symptoms, or confirmed conditions are reported instead.
The presence of the uncertain terminology alone does not mandate a query. A query would be appropriate if documentation is contradictory, if the diagnosis is clinically unsupported, or if another documentation issue prevents correct code assignment.
CDI specialists need to recognize this inpatient-specific rule because unnecessary queries for "possible" or
"probable" diagnoses can create physician burden without improving coding accuracy.
CCDS Reference Topics: Uncertain inpatient diagnoses; discharge documentation; pneumonia; inpatient versus outpatient coding.
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NEW QUESTION # 101
A patient develops chest pain and elevated troponins while receiving care in the emergency department. The physician diagnoses an NSTEMI. Several hours later, an inpatient admission order is written. How should the NSTEMI generally be considered for POA purposes?
Answer: A
Explanation:
For POA reporting, "present on admission" refers to a condition present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs. Conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter-including emergency-department, observation, or outpatient surgery care-before the inpatient admission order are generally considered POA when they are present at that inpatient admission point.
Therefore, the NSTEMI in this scenario is considered present on admission even though it developed after the patient physically arrived at the hospital.
This distinction is essential because hospital arrival and inpatient admission are not synonymous for POA purposes. A patient may spend hours in the ED or observation status before an inpatient order is entered.
The POA indicator applies to applicable principal and secondary diagnoses and is important to CMS's HAC payment provisions as well as quality analysis. A condition does not become hospital acquired merely because it arose somewhere on hospital premises before inpatient status began.
CDI specialists should clarify timing when the record does not establish whether a diagnosis existed before or after the inpatient admission order rather than relying solely on note timestamps or physical location.
The FY 2026 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines contain the governing POA definitions and reporting rules.
CCDS Reference Topics: POA; emergency department; observation; timing of diagnosis; HAC payment logic.
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NEW QUESTION # 102
An arterial blood gas shows pH 7.24, PaCO# 72 mmHg, and HCO## 30 mEq/L in a patient with COPD and acute respiratory distress. Which acid-base abnormality is primarily demonstrated?
Answer: A
Explanation:
The arterial blood gas primarily demonstrates respiratory acidosis. The pH is significantly acidemic at 7.24, while PaCO# is markedly elevated at 72 mmHg. Because carbon dioxide acts as an acid through the carbonic acid buffering system, CO# retention lowers blood pH.
The bicarbonate of 30 mEq/L is mildly elevated, suggesting some renal compensation, which may occur in patients with chronic CO# retention from COPD. However, the substantial acidemia indicates that compensation is insufficient and an acute component may be present.
In a COPD patient with acute respiratory distress, such findings can create an appropriate clinical basis for clarification of acute or acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure when other supporting indicators are present, such as worsening work of breathing, altered mental status, escalating oxygen needs, BiPAP, or intubation.
The CDI specialist should not independently equate every abnormal ABG with respiratory failure. The provider determines the clinical diagnosis.
Respiratory alkalosis would involve reduced PaCO#. Metabolic acidosis generally involves reduced bicarbonate as the primary disturbance, while metabolic alkalosis involves primary bicarbonate elevation with alkalemia.
CCDS Reference Topics: ABG interpretation; respiratory acidosis; hypercapnia; COPD; respiratory failure.
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NEW QUESTION # 103
A hospital's query policy states that all answered queries will be retained, but all unanswered queries that might delay billing will be permanently destroyed. What is the PRIMARY compliance concern?
Answer: B
Explanation:
The principal concern is the selective destruction of unanswered queries. A compliant query-retention policy should be consistent, defensible, and auditable rather than dependent on whether the physician provided a response or whether the query affected billing.
Organizations may structure query retention differently depending on legal requirements, health-record policy, technology, and organizational governance. Queries may be part of the permanent health record or retained as another retrievable business record, depending on policy. The key point is that disposition should not be manipulated to hide unanswered or inconvenient clarification activity.
Destroying unresolved queries can impair auditability, create an appearance that the organization is selectively preserving only favorable documentation activity, and undermine the integrity of the CDI process.
The 2026 ACDIS/AHIMA guidelines are the current foundational standard for query-practice design and supersede prior versions.
A query need not automatically remain in the permanent medical record forever; retention requirements depend on applicable organizational and legal policies. What is unacceptable is an inconsistent approach designed to remove evidence based on outcome.
CCDS Reference Topics: Query retention; compliance; auditability; organizational policy; documentation integrity.
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NEW QUESTION # 104
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