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Health Information Management Technology: An Applied Approach, $6e$

Student Workbook

With the change in the process, the HIM operations department has little involvement unless it is supporting the physician in completing the query. The turnaround time for completion of coding queries was reduced from $28$ days to $15$ days within the first $60$ days of completion. The process was a success and the hospital has significantly reduced the time it takes to code and bill all patient encounters.

Real$-$World Case $6\mathrm{.}2$ Discussion Questions

Examine the use of the electronic$-$based query and identify positive impacts that it made on the healthcare organization.