Q: Should queries from different departments be treated and stored differently? Should they be placed in a different location or anything along those lines?
Q: Recently I have discussed the BMI and malnutrition status on patients with our Registered Dieticians (RD). The question arose as to where our criteria came from. I understand that the...Read More »
Q:I have been trying to determine whether a skin graft includes debridement. Based on what I have read in the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and ...Read More »
Is there are industry standard for physician query response rate expectations? Our facilities have about an 85-92% response rate. We are wondering what the industry standard is.
Q: I am wondering about whether coders can use information the physician takes from test results and includes in the history and physical (H&P). We recently had a situation where the H&P indicated under the studies section that “chest x-ray showed atelectasis,” or “EKG showed...Read More »
