by Lucia Skipwith Lilien, RN, CCDS, CDIP, C-CDI, CP-DAM
Our CDI program is a very old one. We first started in 2002 when it was called “concurrent coding” and when leukocytosis was a CC. For quite a few years, there was a struggle to find a home for our group. We started in case...Read More »
ACDIS PRO is an online, customizable tool that includes all the valuable information you’ve come to rely on in the ACDIS Pocket Guides—now available on your computer, tablet...Read More »
by Cynthia Raymond, RN, MSN, CPC, COC, CCDS, ACM-RN
CDI specialist’s work can often be tapered down to two categories of work. One category is concurrent stay reviews where CDI makes efforts to ensure that the medical record is accurate and compliant before final coding. The...Read More »
How many of you remember the nursing days of “see one, do one, teach one?” Of having Nurse Wretched (not Ratchet) hanging over your shoulder while inserting your first Foley catheter in a female grumbling “just look for the...Read More »
It has been over a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since then, physicians and scientists alike have learned so much about the virus, both proving and disproving commonly held theories. For example, it seemed obvious from...Read More »
CDI is a mix of three categories blended into one, according to Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, CDI education specialist with ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. These three categories are:
Back in the day, the medical record review process consisted of the following steps: a provider documenting a diagnosis, coders coding and reporting it, and the facility getting paid. No further questions were asked about the validity of the diagnosis submitted...Read More »
According to the World Health Organization, adverse events resulting from unsafe care is likely one of the top 10 causes of death and disability in the world. In fact, experts estimate...Read More »
