Acute myocardial infarction query sample, updated for ICD-10

ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS should eventually result in better data capture nationwide. The change means healthcare organizations urgently need to educate providers on the importance of improved patient care documentation. The Winthrop University Hospital clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists and HIM team have presently implemented a new query for acute myocardial infarctions to help. The newly created forms incorporate the language necessary to capture documentation within these two new areas of enhanced specificity. The team reviewed the queries' content, structure, design, and use to ensure they would be effective and accepted.

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