CDIP Domain 2: Leadership exam Already Passed!!

AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association ACDIS - Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists IDT - Interdisciplinary Team LOS - Length of Stay The RHIT, RHIA or CCS should have how many years of inpatient coding experience before becoming a CDI specialist? - at least 3-5 years Hospitalists - Physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients Timeframes for completion of queries should be included in - the programs policies Physician Champions - Providers who are very engaged with the CDI program and understand and believe in the value of participating in a program that promotes specificity and consistency in documentation in the medical record Physician Advisor - Valuable resource who can help answer any clinical questions for the CDI specialist before writing a query, and will help ensure that the queries a brand new CDI specialist writes are as clinically accurate as possible. Query response expectations are up to the discretion of - the facility Retrospective Queries - Queries that are written post-discharge