HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2019 Issue 38 (September)

Shoring up the discharge summary

September 17th, 2019

Sarah Nehring, CCS, CCDS, says that the last thing a query writer wants is to provoke a defensive response, but in the current healthcare environment, CDI specialists, clinical, and inpatient coding staff need to think defensively. In this article, Nehring outlines five items to remember when it comes to defendable queries, documentation, and coding.

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