By Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, and Page Knauss, BSN, RN, LNC, ACM, CPC, CDEO
The brevity of the patient encounter requires an organization’s outpatient CDI program to focus on improving documentation from the beginning. One of the goals for outpatient CDI should be to reduce...Read More »
The 2018 ACDIS Conference is only 37 days away. While the ACDIS conference is special and memorable each and every year, the ACDIS team is especially excited for some specific reasons this year.Read More »
In addition to EHR use best practice which we discussed last week, another example of best practice for coding, CDI, and HIM, is following the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. When coding, first seek the code in...Read More »
As with adult gastroenterological (GI) conditions, pediatric patients can experience a wide range of severity levels. One concern with pediatric patients, however, is simply their immature anatomy and physiology.Read More »
