Physician Queries

We’re having a lot of discussions lately on whether we should query for pressure injuries when they’re only documented by nursing. Our wound care...Read More »

by Lisa K. Reichert, MSN-Ed, RN, CCDS
The goal of any CDI program is to ensure both precise and detailed documentation of the...Read More »

by Carolyn Riel
With most patient charts now housed in EHRs, technology has become a standard part of the healthcare industry....Read More »

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
If your organization isn’t reviewing all in-hospital mortality cases, you’re missing...Read More »

What are the requirements when it comes to a physician advisor asking for diagnoses to be added to the medical record? Based on the ACDIS/AHIMA “...Read More »

by Jo Brautigam, BSN, RN, CCDS

In full disclosure, I got through nursing school by working at Disneyland. Disney has all...Read More »

Each and every tool in the ACDIS Resource Library was contributed by an ACDIS member and reviewed for...Read More »

Our query process currently creates a physician progress note when a query is answered which becomes part of the permanent medical record. We do...Read More »

The ACDIS Forms & Tools Committee works to review materials donated to the ACDIS...Read More »

Physician’s mental health and professional feelings of burnout represents an ongoing concern, according to The Physicians Foundation. Some 58% of...Read More »