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Q2 Single choice

A clinical documentation integrity practitioner (CDIP) identified the need to correct a resident physician's note in a patient health record that wrongly identified the organism causing the patient's pneumonia.

What is best practice for fixing this mistake according to AHIMA?

  • A

    Any physician caring for the patient can correct inaccurate record notes

  • B

    Errors are corrected by the clinician who authored the documentation

  • C

    Amendments to record content must be co-signed by the attending physician

  • D

    Coders can rely on the laboratory results to confirm the patient's diagnosis

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