The 2018 event was Jessica Barbeiro's first time attending an ACDIS conference, so the ACDIS team caught up with her afterwards to hear a bit about her experience....Read More »
The question often surfaces regarding what to do with CDI queries once they have been issued. My best advice is keep them. Most facilities do not consider concurrent queries part of the permanent medical record because physicians respond...Read More »
CDI professionals, along with HIM professionals, have important responsibilities to assign the most accurate ICD-10-PCS codes to arrive at the correct DRG assignment. Despite working together, there are times when differing perspectives...Read More »
Linda Danhires, BSN, CCDS, COC, and Brian Ice, RHIT, will present “Using Data to Drive Program Success” on Day 1 of the ACDIS conference. Danhires is the CDI director and Ice is the vice president of clinical revenue cycle for Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....Read More »
By Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP, and Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS
Without a team that is fully engaged, it is impossible to maintain a compliant organization in terms of documentation. As time passes and clinical teams become more accustomed to, and comfortable with,...Read More »
The first time I read “airway protection” documented in the medical record, I realized it would require a more in-depth record review and research because airway protection by itself is not a diagnosis. It does, however, imply potential or impending...Read More »
