The clinical query process will need to be improved and streamlined to keep all parties informed and working well together, according to an ICD-10 Watch report.
Feedback to physicians is particularly important so they can maintain enough specificity needed to properly code for ICD-10. Queries should be clear and precise; contain specific evidence; be addressed to a specific physicians; and be part of the clinical documentation, according to the report.
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