Q: If a consulting physician documents a diagnosis related to his or her specialty but the attending does not (instead simply documenting, “thank you for your assistance”) can the consulting physician’s documentation be used for coding purposes? My most experienced associate says we can...Read More »
Wondering how your CDI query efforts stack up against national norms? Wish you had some national benchmarking data at your fingertips to help you understand your physician's engagement with your CDI program?
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Computer-assisted coding (CAC) is to native, manual coding as reading Dickens’ Great Expectations for an English class is to reading the book for pleasure (in my opinion).Read More »
Q: My facility is discussing querying advanced practice providers (APP). Does ACDIS have any official opinion on this? To clarify, the APPs are licensed providers (nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, etc., or residents/limited license). I am of the opinion that...Read More »
