Attached is the powerpoint presentation Physician Queries: An Effective and Compliant Method for Success by Andrew Rothschild, MD, MS, MPH, FAAP, CCDS. ♦ Note that this includes the updated slides presented live at the conference.
Attached is the powerpoint presentation Dealing with Difficult Physicians and Thorny Query Situations by Pamela P. Bensen, MD, MS, FACEP, CEO of Medical Education Programs, Inc., Buffalo Junction, VA.
CDI specialists and their coder counterparts may pose hundreds-even thousands-of queries throughout their careers. One thing remains constant;...Read More »
Q: Are there any coding guidelines/definitions regarding code 518.5 (Pulmonary insufficiency following trauma and surgery) vs. the use of 518.81 (...Read More »
Verbal or written, concurrent or retrospective—any way you slice it, physician queries continue to be one of CDI specialists’ most important tools. When ACDIS first examined how CDI programs conduct their query practices in 2009, the results stood as a baseline from which programs could define...
Q: AHIMA’s 2008 practice brief, “Managing an Effective Query Process,” appears to allow the initiation of post-bill queries as a result of...Read More »
This sample flow chart illustrates the physician query process from initial query submission through to resolution. Lynne Spryszak, RN, CCDS, CPC-A, CDI education director at HCPro, Inc., in Danvers, MA, included this chart in her 2010 audio conference presentation...
