Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

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Can You Spot the Mistakes That Lead to Leading Queries?

Master writing techniques that transform a leading query into a non-leading query. 'Leading' queries hamper your clinical documentation improvement efforts (CDI) and can cause all sorts of compliance headaches, warned Leonta Williams, RHIT, CPCO, CPC, CEMC, CHONC, CCS, CCDS in a class she taught at the American Academy of Professional Coders Regional Conference in Salt Lake City. Williams, director of [...]
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