Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) · Verified on 2026-10-11 against ACDIS’s currently linked Exam Candidate Handbook, dated May 2024, CCDS outline on pages 7–10. No separate outline effective date is stated. ACDIS’s application page identifies the current CCDS exam as published February 2022, referencing FY 2021 coding guidelines, Coding Clinic through Q4 2021, and 2019 query guidance. The workbook name matches the official credential; the assigned slug is preserved.

This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.

• About CCDS Certification
• How to apply for the CCDS exam
• The Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialist’s Certification Exam Candidate Handbook: CCDS and CCDS-O
• Certifications & Certificates FAQs
• ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2021
• ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027
• Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2019 Update
• ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2026 Update
• Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice, August 2026
• ACDIS Code of Ethics, 2024 Update
• Acute Inpatient PPS
• MLN6922507—Medicare Payment Systems
• Case Mix Index
• Heart Failure—Causes and Risk Factors
• Respiratory Failure—Diagnosis
• Respiratory Failure—Causes and Risk Factors
• Chronic Kidney Disease Tests & Diagnosis
• The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
• Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program
• Blood Gas, Arterial—National University Hospital-Singapore