Q:I am concerned about the way we are being taught to write queries; it feels counter to the way I learned at the CDI Boot Camp and the materials I have read via ACDIS. For example, the query lists the appropriate clinical indicators from the record which would support...Read More »
Did you understand the CDI role before you took the job?
When I began and introduced myself to staff throughout the hospital, I can honestly say I did not explain my role really well. To be honest, I was unsure exactly what my role...Read More »
Sadly, there are patients who will not survive their current level of illness regardless of the best efforts of their physicians and their medical facility. The providers caring for these patients are often at risk of underreporting those patients’...Read More »
by Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS
CDI is an ever-changing and ever-evolving profession. The following is a sample job description and representation of skills required of the “new” CDI specialist; a staff member who can respond to the transformation of...Read More »