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CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 1

Guest column: Nutrition and COVID-19

January 1, 2021
Clinical & Coding, Education

by Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC, MSHIM, RHIA
Recent audit activity and the Office of Inspector General’s continued scrutiny toward malnutrition diagnoses, let’s spend a little time digging into the coding and documentation requirements for this tricky diagnosis...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 1

Case study: Overcoming adversity and avoiding a ‘compromise of integrity’

January 1, 2021
CDI Management, Education

by Carolyn Riel
By definition, “adversity relates to any difficulty or misfortune, essentially any barrier a person faces, whether it be socioeconomic, due to race or ethnicity, or any other limiting factors that would pose itself in the opposition to the accomplishment of one’s...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 1

Five cents of a quarter: CDI from a nonclinical background

January 1, 2021
Clinical & Coding, Education

by Carolyn Riel
It’s common to see CDI job listings that require applicants to be registered nurses. Often an RN credential is not listed as being “preferred,” but required. There are risks, however, with only seeking candidates from this one background.

“The risk of not...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 1

Guest column: A brief look into the state of minorities and COVID-19

January 1, 2021
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

By Angelica Naylor, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS
The year 2020: the year that changed all our lives in some form or another. The year 2020: also the year that confirmed racial and ethnic health disparities and inequalities are persistent and worsening for many in our society. Anyone...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 1

Physician advisor's corner: Addressing health disparities with SDOH

January 1, 2021
Clinical & Coding, Education

by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
In this issue of the CDI Journal, Angelica Naylor, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS, has presented us with both an exploration of the problem of health disparities and a call to action (see p. X). The question that follows is how do we, both as...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 1

Meet a Member: CDI specialists as record detectives

January 1, 2021
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Rachel Mack, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC, is the consulting director of CDI at Vizient, Inc., based in Littleton, Colorado. She is the current leader of the Colorado chapter of ACDIS and has been in the CDI field since 2012.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 6

Download the November/December 2020 edition of the CDI Journal!

November 1, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

FEATURES
6 Interdepartmental collaboration for denials management
14 CDI leaders’ perspective on denials management
22 Sepsis and malnutrition denials
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CDI Journal - Volume 14, Issue 6

Editor's note: Credit where credit is due

November 1, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Denials & Appeals

by Linnea Archibald
When people talk about CDI’s effect on an organization’s health, often they are referring to the traditional CC/MCC capture and DRG changes for financial improvement and accuracy associated with CDI reviews. Of course, we know that CDI professionals do so much...Read More »

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