What’s new for the proposed 2026 American Health Information Management Association/Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (AHIMA-ACDIS) Practice Brief?

What’s unchanged? And what does it really mean to issue a “compliant” query in today’s healthcare landscape?

According to healthcare attorney Richelle Martin, the special guest for the next live edition of the popular Internet broadcast Talk Ten Tuesday, there’s plenty to talk about.

The 2026 draft practice brief hits all the hot-button issues, like artificial intelligence (AI)-generated queries, repeat questioning, and the use of prior encounters, while reinforcing the core principle that queries function first and foremost to facilitate a complete and accurate medical record.

Perhaps most provocatively, according to Martin, the document pushes back on misuse of query guidance by auditors and payers, clarifying that these guidelines aren’t meant to serve as weapons for denials.

Other well-known subject-matter experts will also join the broadcast with more news to report, including the following:

• POV: Penny Jefferson, Manager of Coding & Clinical Documentation Integrity Services for the University of California-Davis Medical Center, will share her point of view during the broadcast.

• CDI Report: Cheryl Ericson will provide an update on all things CDI.

• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson will report on news happening at the intersection of compliance and medical record coding.

• The Coding Report: Dr. Franklin Martin, who will substitute for Christine Geiger, will report on the latest news regarding the CMS Two-Midnight rule.

• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.