Posts Tagged ‘ACDIS/AHIMA’
New ACDIS/AHIMA physician query practice brief (2026) puts mid-revenue cycle leaders front and center in compliance
By Brian Murphy At the ACDIS conference last week, a bombshell announcement: A new physician query brief, the joint output of ACDIS/AHIMA. You can read it here on the ACDIS website. The organizations are accepting comments through June 12, and may make changes based upon them. So, give it a thoughtful read and submit your…
Read MoreIt’s OK to ask direct (but not leading) queries to the provider, CDI professionals
By Brian Murphy Ask direct queries. It’s OK. Sometimes we get so fixated on query format we fail to see forest through the trees. The point of a query is to ask a pointed, clinically relevant question and allow the physician to exercise his/her independent judgement. We should be asking direct no-nonsense queries, especially in…
Read MoreACDIS and AHIMA add Important new Addendum to Physician Query Brief
New guidance recommends adding clinical validation language into payer contracts to head off denials By Brian Murphy ACDIS and AHIMA addended the guidelines all CDI and coding professionals should be using to write effective, compliant queries. Link below. This new addendum (you can find it on p. 27 of “Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query…
Read MoreFinal/updated ACDIS/AHIMA physician query practice brief is out: What does it say?
The final (revised/updated) ACDIS-AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice—2022 Update was released on Wednesday, Dec. 14th. What’s in it? If you’re a CDI or coding professional you need to read it. The link is below; the document is open source/free and available on the ACDIS website. A few items that jumped out at…
Read MoreACDIS/AHIMA release new query practice brief, are you ready?
By Brian Murphy The new ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice are out. Why care about this new guidance? The Guidelines are not law or regulation, but they are the standard that the two organizations recommend everyone follow. And that means literally everyone involved in the query process—CDI and coding of course, but…
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