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CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Ask ACDIS: Coding sepsis, UTI, and pneumonia

September 1, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a patient who was admitted with sepsis and the physician documented sepsis, a urinary tract infection (UTI) related to chronic Foley catheter, and pneumonia. Can we code sepsis first instead of the complication code? Or is the complication always first? ...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

CDI Week 2019 Preview: Celebrating CDI superheroes

September 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

CDI Week 2019 kicks off in just 16 short days and will run September 16-20. This year’s theme is “CDI Superheroes: The Heroes Hospitals Deserve,” celebrating CDI professionals’ wide range of skill sets that extend over a variety of areas, their influence making its way into all aspects of...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Guest column: Improving sepsis documentation in pediatric, neonatal, newborn cases

September 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Education

by Julian Everett, RN, BSN, CDIP
Sepsis affects more than 1.7 million adults in the United States each year, and it’s estimated to occur among U.S. children at a rate of 158.7 cases per 100,000 children. Sepsis is the 10th leading cause of death among children in the United States...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

All welcome: HIM representation in CDI growing

September 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

According to the 2018 CDI Week Industry Survey, which included an extended section on CDI staffing practices, only 36.56% of respondents said they had HIM/ coding backgrounds represented in their CDI departments. Further, 77.55% of survey respondents said that their organization had a written...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Coding Corner: Getting defensive—Shore up the discharge summary

September 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals

by Sarah Nehring, CCS, CCDS
The last thing a query writer wants is to provoke a defensive response, but in the current healthcare environment, with denials on the rise, CDI specialists, as well as clinical and coding staff need to think defensively. Here are five things to...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Coding Clinic for CDI: At 40-odd pages, Coding Clinic release lighter lift

September 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS
The American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2019, will likely make most CDI professionals breathe a sigh of relief as it’s a brief 40 pages in length—welcome news in light of the 2,000-plus-page fiscal year 2020...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Physician Advisor’s Corner: Parkinson’s disease

September 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS

Parkinson’s disease was first described by James Parkinson in 1817. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects almost 1 million Americans with about 60,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Onset usually occurs past the age of 60;...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Meet a Member: “Never burn a bridge you may have to cross!”

September 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Jorde Spitler, BSN, RN, is a CDI specialist at Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital. He is both a member of ACDIS and a member of the Children’s Hospital Association.

ACDIS: How long have you been in the CDI field? What did you do before entering CDI?
Spitler:...Read More »

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