CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6

Submitting to Coding Clinic

November 1, 2021
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

by Carolyn Riel
All CDI professionals, whether new to the field or industry veterans, should be familiar with the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic. “They are one of the leading authorities, and their advice is there to help us as CDI and coding...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 6

ACDIS update: Join us for the next Quarterly Call on February 18

February 11, 2021
Education

Our first Quarterly Conference Call of 2021 will take place on Thursday, February 18 at 1 p.m. eastern. During this call, ACDIS staff and a panel of CDI professionals will review the results of the 2020 CDI Salary Survey along with CDI productivity expectations...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6

Research corner: CDI and nursing documentation

November 1, 2021
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
Socrates tells us that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” We might do better than to take advice from a man so disliked by his fellow Athenians that he was forced to drink hemlock, and whose final words were an ironic request to sacrifice...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 6

ACDIS update: Answer the latest polling question on escalation policies

February 11, 2021
Physician Queries

Physician response times to queries varies from organization to organization. Some facilities allow a full month for physicians to respond to a query before triggering an escalation policy, while others give physicians a short 24 hours.

The...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6

Case study: A physician’s role in denials management

November 1, 2021
Denials & Appeals, Education

by Carolyn Riel
According to the 2021 CDI Week Industry Survey, more than 35% of CDI departments involve their CDI specialists in...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 6

Local chapter update: Updates to the local chapter roster form

February 11, 2021

We have recently made a few updates to the local chapter roster form to ensure chapter leaders have the most up-to-date and current information available for their members. New members complete this form to join a chapter...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6

Guest column: Sepsis and ARDS denial prevention

November 1, 2021
Denials & Appeals, Clinical & Coding

by Alba Kuqi, MD, MSHIM, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, CRCR, CICA, CSMC, RHIA, CCM
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute respiratory illness characterized by bilateral chest radiographical opacities with severe hypoxemia due to non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Since its...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 15, Issue 6

Note from the ACDIS Director: Behind the scenes of the new risk adjustment ACDIS position paper

November 1, 2011
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

by Brian Murphy
CDI has come a long way from the days of DRG optimization. Today’s healthcare landscape is far more interconnected than it was a decade ago. Capitated payment models, bundled episodes of care, and pay-for-performance are slowly but inexorably taking more of the pie...Read More »

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