Inpatient Coding: Physician Queries (Online Learning)

Inpatient Coding: Physician Queries is part of HCPro’s Coding & Reimbursement Library. This course is an overview of the physician query process.  It explains situations in which a physician should be queried for clarification and the appropriate ways to do so.

HCPro’s Coding & Reimbursement Library provides hands-on learning opportunities for every member of the coding staff, whether veteran coders or those looking to enhance their skills. There are courses in both inpatient and outpatient coding, as well as introductory course to help introduce basic coding concepts to non-coding professionals.

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After completing the course, you will be able to:

• Explain what a physician query is
• Explain why physician queries are necessary
• Create a query in the correct format
• Identify which situations are appropriate to query a physician
• List the documentation requirements for a physician query

Earn valuable Continuing Education Credits

This program has been approved for 1 continuing education unit for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). This program has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 1 Continuing Education Unit. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor.

Intended Audience

Professionals training to become inpatient coders, documentation specialists, and billing and finance staff.

Benefits of HCPro e-learning courses include:

• Answers to tough questions about coding requirements
• Case studies
• Steps for solving coding challenges
• Interactive test-your-knowledge practice questions throughout the course
• Rationale for answers provided for all practice and final exam questions
• Final exam and instant test score
• Option of taking the exam again during password access
• Certificate of completion student course history and documentation of training
• Bookmark options

Computer Requirements

• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
• Mozilla Firefox 1.5
• Netscape Navigator 7.1
• AOL 9

Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

• Safari 1.1 or higher
• Mozilla Firefox 1.5

Linux

• Mozilla Firefox 1.5

Solaris

• Mozilla 1.7

Additional requirements

• Adobe’s Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.79 or higher
• Adobe’s Macromedia Flash Player 7 or higher
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher

Online learners get 30-day access to the course materials. HCPro will e-mailed you a user name and password within one to three business days after we receive payment (credit card purchasers can gain access quickly—after we verify the credit card number).
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