ArticleApplied clinical informatics2025
Optimizing Resident Charge Capture with Disappearing Help Text in Note Templates.
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- Disappearing Text as a Clinical Decision Support Layer: A Case Series.Applied clinical informatics · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to assist residents in selecting the correct Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code for evaluation and management (E/M) services through the addition of disappearing help text into a standardized note template.
methodsWe created a disappearing text block that summarizes E/M requirements and embedded it into the note template used by residents at a pediatric urgent care clinic. An intervention cohort composed of postgraduate year 1 (PGY 1) residents was instructed to use this note template, while senior residents (PGY 2-3) were instructed to use an identical template that lacked the help text. We evaluated the incidence of CPT change by the attending physician for each visit as a proxy for improvement in resident billing practices. Logistic regression with a primary outcome of whether the encounter CPT code was changed was completed.
resultsThere were 2,869 encounters during the 255-day study period; the help text was used in 1,112 (38.8%) encounters. There was some crossover in note use; that is, PGY 1s used the note
conclusionResidents' use of the disappearing help text was associated with a large decrease in CPT code adjustment by attending physicians, which demonstrates its promise for improved E/M coding and other applications.
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