What you'll accomplish
By the end of this guide, you'll have built a library of 10–15 AHIMA-compliant CDI physician query templates for your most common documentation gaps — ready for your CDI team to use immediately. New query templates that used to take 30–60 minutes to write now take 10 minutes with AI assistance.
What you'll need
How-To Guide: Build a CDI Compliant Query Template Library with AI
Before building the library, identify which query types are most common in your department. Export a report from your CDI software (Iodine, AGS Health, 3M, or your CDI module in the EHR) showing the top query types by volume over the past 90 days.
Common top-10 lists typically include: