Note from the ACDIS Interim Director: New compliant query practice brief will publish October 10

by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC

October 10 is the scheduled release of the 2022 update to the co-authored ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice©*. This practice brief supersedes all previously published versions. ACDIS and AHIMA are jointly soliciting public comments related to the brief so that the co-authors may reconvene to discuss and add any needed clarifications.

Both ACDIS and AHIMA are strongly committed to working on this industry guidance together so that our members can apply consistency to their compliant query practice. I would like to express my gratitude to Tammy Combs, RN, MSN, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, CNE, AHIMA practice director at CDI and Clinical Foundations for working with me on this endeavor.

We also collaborated with a committed group of authors who dedicated weekly two-hour meetings, often late into the afternoon on Fridays, to create the new practice brief. The following team members worked tirelessly to write and organize this update:

• Sheri Blanchard, RN, MSN, FNP/BC, CCDS, CCS
• Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CRC
• Karen Carr MS, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP
• Keisha Downes, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS
• Dorene Hughes, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, ACHS
• Carole Liebner, RHIT, CDIP, CCS
• Kay Piper, RHIA, CDIP, CCS
• Melissa Potts, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP

I can’t share the details yet, but the link that will allow you to access, review, and comment on the brief will be open and available on Monday, October 10. I invite you to access the document here at that date, and I do hope you will be happy with our work.

*© 2022 AHIMA and ACDIS with equal rights.

Editor’s note: Prescott is the interim director and director of CDI education for ACDIS, based in Middleton, Massachusetts. Contact her at lprescott@acdis.org.