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Our chief hospitalist has expressed the concern that he does not feel the hospitalist should be queried for retrospective pathology clarification. His rationale is "not sure we {hospitalist} should be listing it as a diagnosis because the information was not available to us {hospitalist} at the time of discharge". I have tried to explain accuracy angle, reporting angle, and completeness of the record angle to no avail. I even explained coding guidelines regarding inpatient pathology report.
Has anyone else ran into this problem and what solutions were you able to come up with?
Thanks,
Dorie Douthit RHIT, CCS
Our chief hospitalist has expressed the concern that he does not feel the hospitalist should be queried for retrospective pathology clarification. His rationale is "not sure we {hospitalist} should be listing it as a diagnosis because the information was not available to us {hospitalist} at the time of discharge". I have tried to explain accuracy angle, reporting angle, and completeness of the record angle to no avail. I even explained coding guidelines regarding inpatient pathology report.
Has anyone else ran into this problem and what solutions were you able to come up with?
Thanks,
Dorie Douthit RHIT, CCS