Insurance companies are increasingly challenging the translation from the medical record to prebill coding, making the financial impact of denials and downgrades one of the most pressing issues facing health systems today. Given the wide-ranging...Read More »
When people talk about a “holistic approach” to health and medicine, they mean going beyond traditional methods and addressing the well-being of the body, mind, and spirit all at once. But what about a holistic approach to CDI?
This edition of the CDI Journal is focused on global perspectives and how CDI impacts all areas of healthcare, everywhere. No matter where you are in the world or which department you’re in, the foundation of CDI is the same: accurate...Read More »
CDI programs have become an integral part of most healthcare organizations’ ecosystems, supporting reimbursement accuracy, denials prevention, quality performance, clinical care, and more. With such far-reaching potential impact, CDI leaders must choose their...Read More »
The butterfly effect—the idea that small, seemingly insignificant actions can lead to vast and unpredictable consequences—appears to be a telling metaphor in CDI.
A single documentation clarification can ripple across multiple dimensions of...Read More »
7 Resident education: Cultivating CDI practices into the future of healthcare 14 Conference recap: Four days of inspiration at the 2025 ACDIS conference 17 ...Read More »
My very first week as an ACDIS editor I spent elbows-deep in the CDI Specialist’s Training Guide, followed by a firehose week of information attending sessions at the 2022 ACDIS...Read More »
I was first introduced to CDI back in 1995—before CDI was even called “CDI.” Back then, there were no encoders, no artificial intelligence (AI), no fancy dashboards with color-coded query prioritization. Just paper charts, code books, and a...Read More »
