Starting a new job can be intimidating, no matter the profession. Whether you’re coming from a clinical or coding background, the CDI role will present new challenges and come with a steep learning curve. Between coding rules and guidelines, query composition and compliance, physician engagement...Read More »
More than 30% of respondents to the 2017 CDI Industry Survey plan to expand to some sort of outpatient service in the near future. But, with fairly flexible definitions of the term “outpatient,” those planning to expand are left without direction.
As with any new frontier for CDI, those...Read More »
By Allen Frady, RN-BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
If you mention analytics or key performance indicators (KPI) in relation to thought leaders on social media, you may be treated as though you’ve just suggested the world is flat and the earth is the center of the solar system.
Any CDI manager knows how important reliable CDI data is for benchmarking, goal setting, and proving a return on investment. Getting your hands on that data, though, can be much more difficult than you might hope. Between the intricacies of working with different EHR systems and busy workloads,...Read More »
"The cases can be anything from a simple pneumothorax to someone who’s been crushed from head to toe,” says Kristie Perry, RN, MHSA, CCDS, CCS, CDI specialist at Erlanger Health System, a Level 1 trauma center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Q: I understand the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting related to pressure injuries and present on admission (POA) status. For example, I know that if a decubitus ulcer is a stage 1 on admission and progresses to stage 4 during the stay, we are to code stage 1...Read More »
By Lynelle A. Clausen, RN, BSN
I started working as a CDI specialist in May 2014, and was assigned to oncology, intensive care and the step–down unit (SDU) to complete reviews. I have a seasoned clinical background in these areas and knew what to look for in the medical record....Read More »
ACDIS currently has more than 40 state and local chapters as well as networking interest in the Eastern Mediterranean, Australia, the Bahamas, and elsewhere. In addition to these geographically based educational offerings, ACDIS also supports topic-focused efforts such as the CDI educators’...Read More »