RE: [MARKETING] RE: [MARKETING] ABL Anemia/Clinical Indicator Query
Hmmm. I know what you mean. Institutional definitions do help, but every case is different.
By chance do you have a physician advisor you can run this case past and get their input and perhaps even have them contact the provider and discuss the case? Providers need to know that they need to support their diagnosis and not just document to avoid the query. As I tell my hospitalists here, “I don’t know” and “no” are perfectly acceptable responses to a query. And when you get that “no” answer, then you have learned something as well J
Robert
Robert S. Hodges, BSN, MSN, RN, CCDS
Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
VHA CDI Council Member
Aleda E. Lutz VAMC
Mail Code 136
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Saginaw MI 48602
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By chance do you have a physician advisor you can run this case past and get their input and perhaps even have them contact the provider and discuss the case? Providers need to know that they need to support their diagnosis and not just document to avoid the query. As I tell my hospitalists here, “I don’t know” and “no” are perfectly acceptable responses to a query. And when you get that “no” answer, then you have learned something as well J
Robert
Robert S. Hodges, BSN, MSN, RN, CCDS
Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
VHA CDI Council Member
Aleda E. Lutz VAMC
Mail Code 136
1500 Weiss Street
Saginaw MI 48602
P: 989-497-2500 x13101
F: 989-321-4912
E: Robert.Hodges2@va.gov
VA Core Values: Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence (“I CARE”)
VA Core Characteristics: Trustworthy, Accessible, Quality, Innovative, Agile, Integrated
"We are dealing with Veterans, not procedures; With their problems, not ours." --General Omar Bradley