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Course Syllabus
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Course Syllabus
Clinical documentation integrity (CDI) departments are being implemented by many outpatient health care organizations
and physician practices to improve the overall quality of the clinical documentation. CDI professionals who work in the
outpatient (OP) setting hold a distinct skill set in recognizing the quality of outpatient clinical documentation.
The AHIMA Outpatient CDI Microcredential provides recognition to the OP CDI industry when OP CDI professionals
have the knowledge needed to be successful in recognizing the quality of outpatient clinical documentation. This
preparation course provides an overview of the knowledge needed to pass this Outpatient CDI Microcredential.
Course Outcomes
1. Explain the elements, structure, and key metrics of a successful outpatient CDI program
A. Recognize the seven characteristics of high-quality clinical documentation
B. Identify the ways outpatient CDI supports appropriate reimbursement
C. Evaluate the impact outpatient clinical documentation has on accurate quality scores
D. Determine the opportunity clinical documentation has on reducing insurance claim denials
E. Distinguish the ways outpatient clinical documentation and legislation impact positive patient outcomes
F. Analyze an outpatient CDI workplan
G. Measure CDI productivity
H. Assess effective ways of working with providers
I. Discuss the importance of interdisciplinary teams
J. Assess ways to measure the success of outpatient CDI departments
K. Determine CDI goals and ways to measure achievement of those goals
L. Identify the equations used to measure frequently seen CDI metrics
M. Recognize how to measure the return on investment for the CDI department
2. Determine the components of a health record review, compliant query development, effective physician
engagement, and technology best practices
A. Assess the outpatient CDI review process
B. Evaluate the documentation elements within the health record to review
C. Recognize the components of a compliant query process
D. Determine provider educational opportunities
E. Identify education strategies to promote provider engagement
F. Evaluate the effectiveness of educational efforts
G. Review compliant CDI technology standards
H. Review documentation considerations for telehealth
3. Apply CDI Best Practices through case studies
A. Examine outpatient documentation
B. Determine documentation opportunities for improvement
C. Write compliant queries
Key Terms
Students may find it useful to have a list of CDI Key Terms available throughout their study.
Course Outline
Module Outcomes Lessons Content
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Module 1: 1A-F Lesson 1: High-Quality Documentation View: Lesson
Essential Presentations
Lesson 2: How Outpatient CDI Supports
Elements of
Outpatient CDI Appropriate Reimbursement Practice: Complete
Check Your
Lesson 3: Positive Impacts of Outpatient
Understanding
CDI
activities
Self-Assess: Module 1
Quiz
Module 2: 1F-I Lesson 1: The Outpatient CDI Department View: Lesson
Outpatient CDI Workplan Presentations
Structure and
Goals Lesson 2: Determining the Outpatient CDI Practice: Complete
Workflow Check Your
Understanding
Lesson 3: CDI Productivity
activities
Self-Assess: Module 2
Quiz
Module 3: 1J-M Lesson 1: CDI Goals and Metrics View: Lesson
Outpatient CDI Presentations
Lesson 2: Measuring Success and Return on
Metrics
Investment Practice: Complete
Check Your
Understanding
activities
Self-Assess: Module 3
Quiz
Module 4: 2A-C Lesson 1: The Clinical Documentation View: Lesson
Compliant Health Review Process Presentations
Record Review
and Query Lesson 2: Compliant Query Processes Practice: Complete
Processes Check Your
Understanding
activities
Self-Assess: Module 4
Quiz
Module 5: 2D-H Lesson 1: Provider Education Strategies View: Lesson
Provider Presentations
Education and Lesson 2: Compliant CDI Technology
CDI Technology Standards Practice: Complete
Check Your
Understanding
activities
Self-Assess: Module 5
Quiz
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Module 6: Case 3A-C Unlike other modules, Module 6 does not have Practice: Case Studies
Studies standard "lessons". Instead, carefully complete 1-10
all case studies.
Course Completion
Completion of all items is designated by a check mark on the main course page.
Modules 1-5 include multiple lessons and an associated quiz. Note that you must score 70% or higher on the quiz for it
to mark as complete. However, module-level quizzes do not affect your final grade for the course. Because these quizzes
are intended to be used as review resources, you are allowed unlimited attempts. You must get 70% or higher on a
module's quiz in order to advance to the next module.
Module 6 consists of ten case studies, but has no separate quiz. You must complete all ten Module 6 case studies to
advance to the "Course Completion" steps.
After completing the end of module quizzes, case studies, and the final exam, feedback will be available for most
questions. It may be beneficial to review all feedback, even for the questions answered correctly, as the
feedback serves as a review and may provide additional information.
Once you have completed your work in all six modules, AHIMA requests that you provide feedback via the Course
Survey. After submitting the Course Survey, the Final Exam will become accessible.
You must score 70% or higher to successfully complete the course. You will get two attempts to achieve this score. Your
score on the Final Exam determines your grade for the entire course.
Important! To register completion and access your CEUs after passing the Final Exam, sign into my.ahima.org,
then access MyAHIMA. Next navigate to your "Learning Center," then visit then "CEU Center". Your completion
and CEUs will not register until you complete these tasks (in that order). We recommend you complete this task
directly after completing the course.
The Contact Hours certificate will be accessible within the course under “My Brightspace” and “Awards”.
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