CCDS FINAL EXAM 2024 COMPLETE
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A patient is admitted from a skilled nursing facility with
a Foley catheter in place. Temp is 100.4, P 92, resp rate
22, BP 118/76. White blood cell count is 18.2. The
admitting diagnostic list includes UTI due to a Foley,
pneumonia, and infected decubitus ulcer of the right
heel. What should a concurrent query be posed for?
A. Whether the UTI is secondary to the Foley
catheter
B. Osteomyelitis secondary to the infected ulcer
C. Sepsis due to multifactoral infections, stage of the
decubitus ulcer and specificity of the type of pneumonia
D. No queries are needed - ....ANSWER...C. Sepsis
due to multifactorial infections, stage of the
decubitus ulcer and specificity of the type of
pneumonia
Which of the following are important metrics to monitor
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,in evaluating CDI specialist productivity?
A. Hours worked and hospital case-mix index (CMI)
B. Discharge rates and number of records coded
C. Review rates, query rates, and physician response rates
D. Final coded MS-DRGs and review rates -
....ANSWER...C. Review rates, query rates, and physician
response rates
A physician has a large number of queries, a response
rate of 50%, and an agreement rate of 25%. This should
indicate to a CDI specialist that:
A. This physician does not agree with the queries
posed
B. This physician may not understand the purpose of the
CDI program
C. This physician documents accurately and
completely
D. This physician has an excellent profile -
....ANSWER...B. This physician may not understand
the purpose of the CDI program
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,Which of the following indicators is not usually included
when reporting physician profiles?
A. Individualized CMI
B. Length of stay
C. Risk of mortality (ROM)
D. Dollars charged per hour - ....ANSWER...D. Dollars
charged per hour
A CDI specialist has been tracking the program for the
last year and notices a sudden decrease in the CMI for a
single month. Which of the following may indicate a
reason for such a short-lived decrease?
1. One of the operating rooms sustained water
sprinkler damage
2. Increased service line to include neurosurgeon
3. Three of five orthopedic surgeons were away at a
national conference that month
4. Physician documentation improved and fewer
queries were written
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, A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 2 and 3
D. 2 and 4
E. 3 and 4 - ....ANSWER...B. 1 and 3
1. One of the operating rooms sustained water
sprinkler damage
3. Three of five orthopedic surgeons were away at a
national conference that month
A CDI team has a query rate of 55%, but the CMI has
had only marginal improvement. Which of the following
may explain this situation?
A. Data entry may not be accurate, causing a
misrepresentation of MS-DRG shifts
B. The physician response rate is high
C. The physician agreement rate is high
D. The CDI query rate is too high - ....ANSWER...A.
Data entry may not be accurate, causing a
misrepresentation of MS-DRG shifts
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