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Note from the ACDIS Director | Outpatient query guidance released | By Brian Murphy Outpatient CDI is a different beast than CDI performed in the inpatient hospital setting. The volume of encounters is significantly higher, as is the speed of the visit and the turnover of patients. Trying use the same processes for clarifying documentation with physicians is doomed to failure. So, how should CDI specialists clarify documentation in this new frontier? We now have an answer. After many months of work, ACDIS is pleased to announce the publication of “Queries in outpatient CDI: Developing a compliant, effective process.” |
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ACDIS Picks | Q&A: Coding diagnoses left out of the discharge summary | Q: According to Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, uncertain diagnoses should be documented at the time of discharge. If a consultant documents an uncertain diagnosis in the final or last progress note and no discharge summary or final progress note has been completed by the attending provider, can we code that uncertain diagnosis? Or should we query the attending physician or wait for the discharge summary? |
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