The impact of an otolaryngology inpatient consult documentation improvement program.

Objective: In an era of limited medical training funds and challenges for teaching centers to maintain their academic mission, the importance of accurate documentation to ensure commensurate coding and billing for services is critical. We sought to develop a practical program that would teach residents documentation skills with the goal of more accurately capturing the work being done in a tertiary care academic medical center.

Methods: A case-control study was performed.