Physician Queries

by Linda Renee Brown, RN, MA, CCDS, CCS, CDIP

I’m an old (and I do mean OLD) ICU nurse. As a working nurse, my relationships with...Read More »

It started with two courageous coders who knew the query process where they worked at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Inc., in Baltimore,...Read More »

Q: Recently I have discussed the BMI and...Read More »

Many cases exist in which CDI specialists need to query physicians to clarify the use of the term “history.” Consider the following...Read More »

When it comes to querying physicians, CDI specialists need to first recognize when it’s appropriate to query. The next step? Using tact in the...Read More »

by Donald A. Butler

Over and over again in CDI Talk, at the ACDIS conference, local chapters, anywhere two CDI professionals have...Read More »

While the bulk of discussion regarding how to ethically and responsibly submit queries to physicians revolves around releases from the American...Read More »

by Robert S. Gold, MD

I recently attended the annual meeting of the ACDIS in Orlando where I heard a variety of perspectives...Read More »

Q: Our program does not typically include query information as part of the medical record. If the physician responds to a...Read More »

Q: I have heard that some facilities have seen their number of generated queries actually increasing rather than...Read More »