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Query: Clinical validation for respiratory failure diagnosis

Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDI-P, CDI education director at ezDI, donated this sample query to demonstrate how CDI specialists can use their queries as a method of clinical validation--to ensure the diagnosis documented in the medical record includes the necessary clinical indicators to support the diagnosis. The query for acute respiratory failure is composed using a multiple choice format and was included in the Sept./Oct. 2015 edition of the CDI Journal.

 

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