AHIMA's final query practice brief reflects growing CDI efforts
HIM Connection, December 9, 2008
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On September 29, AHIMA published "Managing an Effective Query Process," which continues to focus on compliant queries, but with a timely twist that reflects recent operational and regulatory changes, including clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs, concurrent queries, and EHRs.
"When the brief was originally written in 2001, [querying] was strictly a retrospective process," says Kathy DeVault, RHIA, CCS, manager of professional practice resources for AHIMA in Chicago. "And it was very focused on what happens when the chart gets to the coding department and coders are looking at it. That’s not what queries are anymore—it’s a very fluid process."
Editor’s note: For more information on the query practice brief or to purchase a copy of this article for $10, click here. Subscribers to Medical Records Briefing can access this article in the December issue of the newsletter.
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