Articles

CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

Coding Clinic for CDI: Deciphering diabetes documentation advice

July 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Call me unorthodox, but let’s start at the back of the latest edition of the American Hospital Association (AHA)’s Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS for this review. Here, on pp. 36–37, we have the clarifications, including some potentially confusing—and possibly conflicting—information...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

Risk adjustment and CDI: A natural evolution

July 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Healthcare reimbursement is changing; both CMS and private payers are working toward payment methodologies that reflect quality of care versus quantity of care. In most cases, quality is measured based on patient outcomes. The concept of risk adjustment is now being applied to healthcare...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

Physician Advisor's Corner: The ‘new’ DRG denial strategy

July 1, 2016
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

by Trey La Charité, MD

I have previously addressed the issue of auditor denials. However, given the industry changes I have witnessed in the last 12–18 months, it is time to revisit  this problem. And, per communications with colleagues in the CDI world, I suspect the same...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

From the Forum: Manage denials for BMI morbid obesity

July 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Katherine Rushlau

When Dee Banet, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, and her CDI team sent out a claim for a surgical patient with body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 with morbid obesity as a secondary diagnosis, they did not expect the claim to be denied; after all they...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

Meet a Member: Triathlon athlete loves continued learning

July 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance

Melinda Scharf, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, regional clinical documentation integrity educator at St. Joseph Hospital in Irvine, California, has worked in CDI since 2008 after serving as a pediatric nurse for 10 years and an ER nurse for 11.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

Journal Quiz for CCDS Credits

July 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance

The CDI Journal offers CE credits towards the ACDIS CCDS certification. To obtain your CCDS continuing education credits, you must successfully complete the online continuing education quiz. Please note: The expiration date for this activity is August 30, 2017. You must complete your online quiz...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 4

2016 ACDIS Conference Special Section

July 1, 2016
News

The biggest and best event of the year for CDI specialists took place in May—the ninth annual ACDIS Conference. More than 2,000 attendees joined us in Atlanta—a group that included CDI specialists, managers,...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 3

Download the May/June edition of the Journal

May 1, 2016

Untangling Ways to Engage Physicians in CDIRead More »

Pages