CDIP exam — Information & Free Practice

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

• Clinical Coding Practice — Official range: 15–18% (Practice allocation: 16.5%)

  • Reference resources for code assignment
  • Principal and secondary diagnoses
  • Diagnosis and procedure code assignment and sequencing
  • Coding conventions and guidelines
  • Working and final DRG assignment
  • Coding and HIM discrepancy resolution and updates
• Education and Leadership Development — Official range: 21–26% (Practice allocation: 23.5%)

  • Promotion of CDI efforts
  • Multi-disciplinary collaboration
  • Documentation improvement projects
  • Physician champions
  • CDI policies and procedures
  • Query response documentation requirements
  • Unanswered query chain of command
  • CDI education topics and delivery
  • Implications of accurate documentation and coding
• Record Review & Document Clarification — Official range: 27–33% (Practice allocation: 30%)

  • Clinical documentation in health records
  • CDI case identification and prioritization
  • Documentation gaps
  • Query development and processes
  • Provider query responses
  • Provider clarification of documentation
  • Post-discharge query opportunities
• CDI Metrics & Statistics — Official range: 8–11% (Practice allocation: 9.5%)

  • Dashboard metrics and departmental performance
  • Quality audits of CDI content
  • Physician query metrics and trends
  • Physician benchmarking and trending
  • External institutional benchmarks
  • Key performance metrics for CDI professionals
  • CDI data and departmental workflow
• Compliance — Official range: 18–23% (Practice allocation: 20.5%)

  • Ethical CDI best practices
  • Regulatory environment and agency compliance
  • Technology risks
  • Second level reviews
  • Clinical validation queries
  • Non-compliant queries
  • Query process stages, time frames and retention