Practise Certified Documentation Integrity Practitioner (CDIP) with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) · AHIMA CDIP Content Outline, effective June 1, 2023, currently linked from the official certification page when checked October 11, 2026. The workbook label 'Certified Clinical Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP)' maps to AHIMA's current Certified Documentation Integrity Practitioner (CDIP). AHIMA's historical outline used Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner, without 'Clinical'. The assigned slug is preserved; these labels do not represent separate current examinations.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Certified Documentation Integrity Practitioner (CDIP®) | AHIMA
- Certified Documentation Integrity Practitioner (CDIP) Content Outline
- CDIP Content Outline Crosswalk 2011–2023
- Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP) Exam Content Outline — historical
- ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027
- ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2026 Update
- Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice, 2026 Update
- Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice: What's New in the 2026 Update
- Ethics | AHIMA
- Ethical Standards for Clinical Documentation Integrity Professionals — currently linked PDF; internal approval June 2016, labeled 2020
- Data Quality and Integrity | AHIMA
- Claim Diagnosis Present on Admission Indicator Code | CMS Blue Button
- Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information | HHS
Certified Documentation Integrity Practitioner (CDIP)
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An adult is admitted to an acute-care hospital for fever and cough. After study, the provider establishes pneumonia as the condition responsible for admission. Stable hypertension also requires routine medication monitoring. No special sequencing rule applies. Which condition should be the principal diagnosis?
Certified Documentation Integrity Practitioner (CDIP)
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Clinical Coding Practice
Code reference use — Domain 1, tasks 1 and 4
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