Physician queries

April 19, 2023
Hospital inpatient, Hospital outpatient, Physician practice, Physician queries, Questions and answers

 Kimberly Lee, M.Ed., RHIA, CCS-P, answers common questions on the process of querying physicians. These questions were answered during her webinar “Reporting Category III CPT Codes for Cardiology Services and Procedures” on March 30, 2023.

June 22, 2022
Clinical documentation, Hospital inpatient, Physician queries
May 11, 2022
Clinical documentation, Hospital inpatient, Physician queries

The attached is a query template that inpatient coders can use to clarify sepsis documentation. 

July 20, 2021
Hospital inpatient, Physician queries

Platinum members can access an excerpt from the book The Coder’s Guide to Physician Queries, Second Edition. If you are not a Platinum member and you want to upgrade your account, please call customer service at 800-650-6787.

July 6, 2021
Hospital inpatient, Physician queries

Platinum members can access a sample query form for malnutrition. If you are not a Platinum member and you want to upgrade your account, please call customer service at 800-650-6787.

June 23, 2021
Physician queries

The attached query form is an excerpt from the The Coder's Guide to Physician Queries, Second Edition, by Dr. Jillian Harrington, MHA, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-P, CCS, CCS-P, CEMC, MHP,  instructor for various HCPro Coding and Medicare Boot Camps. 

September 29, 2020
Clinical documentation, Hospital inpatient, Physician queries

Platinum members can access a principal diagnosis query form. If you are not a Platinum member and you want to upgrade your account, please call customer service at 800-650-6787.

April 1, 2020
Hospital inpatient, Physician queries

Platinum members can access a sample principal diagnosis query form. If you are not a Platinum member and you want to upgrade your account, please call customer service at 800-650-6787.

October 15, 2019
Clinical documentation, Physician queries

Platinum members can access a sample altered mental status query form. If you are not a Platinum member and you want to upgrade your account, please call customer service at 800-650-6787.

June 12, 2019
Hospital inpatient, Physician queries

The following is a sample query for renal failure which originally appeared in ACDIS' CDI Journal. The query applies to documentation in an EPIC electronic health record.

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