The 2013 Physician Query Benchmarking Report

July 1, 2013
Surveys
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

It has been three years since ACDIS last surveyed its membership about physician query practices. In 2010, 382 CDI professionals participated. This year’s survey garnered 517 respondents, primarily CDI specialists. The 35-question survey illustrates the importance of the physician query as the...

Q&A: How to determine an appropriate physician query response rate

June 26, 2013
CDI Blog - Volume 6, Issue 26
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: I enjoyed listening to the ...Read More »

Guest Post: New query guidance raises questions regarding clinical definitions

April 30, 2013
CDI Blog - Volume 6, Issue 15
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

By Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS

In my senior year of college the physician teaching our pathophysiology class gave the...Read More »

Avoid the DRG 'grab bag' mentality: Help the physician instead

April 1, 2013
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 2
Physician Queries, Alabama

by Glenn Krauss, BBA, RHIA, CCS,CCS-P, CPUR, FCS, PCS, C-CDIS, CCDS
The No. 1 struggle most CDI specialists face is getting...Read More »

Do not let documentation disconnect fester

April 1, 2013
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 2
Physician Queries

by Wendy Whittington, MD, MMM
Physicians are grappling with understanding what all of the changes in healthcare mean for their...Read More »

Guest Post: Review clinical picture prior to querying for altered mental status

December 20, 2012
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 50
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

by Robert S. Gold, MD

Determining when to seek clarification regarding patients with altered mental status can be tricky business...Read More »

Query: Altered mental status

December 19, 2012
Query Forms
Physician Queries

Cynthia Prayzner at Southcoast Health System in New Bedford, Mass., offers this sample altered mental status query form which asks physicians to identify the chronicity of the diagnosis providing additional specificity not on the query form but in the medical record's progress note. 

Q&A: Anyone on the care team can answer a query and be compliant

December 5, 2012
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 47
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: For some reason, I was under the impression that a query could be answered by any healthcare provider, even one just doing a...Read More »

Q&A: Determining what constitutes a leading query

November 14, 2012
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 42
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: What are the ramifications of leading queries? Who is monitoring whether a query is leading?...Read More »

Sample physician query process

October 1, 2012
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 4
Physician Queries

The attached HIM Query Policy and Procedure was donated by Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., and was reprinted and adapted with...Read More »

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