The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) released joint physician query instructions in Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice in February 2013.
Q:In my facility, we are supposed to send an e-mail to our physician advisor (PA) and to administration if a query is not answered within a week. However, this policy doesn’t work well because administration does not do anything with that information, and the PA doesn’t...Read More »
Now that ICD-10 has been delayed, its a great time to go back and perfect the basics. The Tuesday, June 10th webcast, at 1 p.m., EST, reviews more than 15 examples of potentially problematic queries, tackles the use of a "yes/no", and multiple-choice queries and explores key ICD-10 query...Read More »
Editor’s Note:CDI Talk (2017 edit: now ACDIS Forum) is a networking forum for ACDIS members, in which members ask pressing questions and garner the opinion and expertise of their peers. Pediatric CDI Talk is a forum specifically designed for CDI specialists in...Read More »
ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question-asker. In order to share...Read More »
Last month, ACDIS and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) opened a public comment period for a new version of the ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice.
The joint ACDIS and AHIMA work group has been working on a revised draft...Read More »
Earlier this month, ACDIS and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) opened a public comment period for a new version of the ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice.
The joint ACDIS and AHIMA work group has been working on a revised...Read More »
