In this article, the community of inquiry cognitive presence model was mapped to a recently developed semistructured approach to online discourse called SQUAD to detect aspects of critical or higher-order thinking online by cleaning online message transcript through the use of code-recode. It is argued that using code-recode in the way suggested in this article is more efficient and less time-consuming than using interrater reliability measure after developing a coding protocol to identify the purpose for which the coding data would be used. Detecting aspects of critical or higher-order thinking by cleaning online message transcript through code-recode is simple for academics with limited mathematical knowledge and can provide insights into the nature of the learning process. (Contains 4 tables.)