Articles

CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 3

Get with the (CDI) program, doc!

July 1, 2012
Education

by Trey La Charité, MD

We all agree: Better medical record documentation helps the patient, the physician, and the hospital. So why do we have so much trouble getting physicians to implement suggestions made by the CDI staff?

If your facility is anything like mine, provider...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 3

ICD-10 timeline still questionable

July 1, 2012
Clinical & Coding, News

On April 17, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule to delay the ICD-10 code set implementation date from October 1, 2013, to October 1, 2014. In a letter, the ACDIS Advisory Board encouraged members to “stay the course with ICD-9 and ICD-10 documentation...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 3

Volunteers step up to leadership roles

July 1, 2012
Education

Editor’s note: The following individuals were recently chosen to lead local ACDIS chapters in their areas. ACDIS currently has more than 40 local chapters across the country and is helping to facilitate additional networking efforts for CDI professionals in specialty areas. For...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 2

Requirements for diagnostic bronchoscopic procedures

April 1, 2012
Clinical & Coding

by William E. Haik, MD, FCCP

There has been a considerable amount of confusion regarding physician terminology, documentation
requirements, and subsequent coding of various diagnostic bronchoscopic lung procedures. Because the current MS-DRG structure categorizes some of...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 2

Expect uncertainty in ICD-10's early days

April 1, 2012
Clinical & Coding

by Lynne Spryszak, RN, CCDS, CPC

The American Hospital Association (AHA) does not plan to “convert” past issues of Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM into new issues for ICD-10-CM/PCS, the AHA confirmed in a CMS teleconference held in November 2011. This decision caused concern...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 1

Director's note: What's in it for the physician? A lot

January 1, 2012
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory, Education

The bane of many CDI specialists’ existence is trying to get physicians to buy into good documentation practices. But a recent notice issued by TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC, put in about as plain words I’ve seen that contractors are now going to be comparing Part A (hospital) with Part B...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 1

Outgoing members of the ACDIS Advisory Board offer thoughts on association and CDI profession growth

January 1, 2012
ACDIS Guidance

As four new Advisory Board members step forward each year to lend leadership to the ACDIS membership, four trusted members take a step back from their roles. Shelia Bullock, Garri Garrison, Robin Holmes, and Colleen Stukenberg share their thoughts on the growth of ACDIS and the CDI profession as...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 1

CDI Week celebrations bring tales of success

January 1, 2012
CDI Expansion

It is hard to believe that the first-ever Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Week is now little more than a pleasant memory for most. It was definitely something to be marked in the annals of ACDIS’ history. The first CDI Week may be over, but the days of recognizing this unique, vital...Read More »

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