The ________ is a brief paragraph that summarizes the need for the study, the research methods used, and the results encountered

The purpose of a clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program is to help health care facilities comply with government programs and other initiatives with the goal of improving health care quality. Thus, a CDI specialist initiates concurrent and retrospective reviews of inpatient records to identify __________ provider documentation

a. abusive and fraudulent b. conflicting, incomplete, or nonspecific c. illegible physician queries and d. redacted health insurance claims and

Harry reports to the office today with bleeding from the left ear. Upon visual examination there is hemorrhagic otitis externa present. The code(s) for this case is/are _________________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).