CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 2

Note from the Advisory Board: Blurred lines between coding and CDI

March 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC
One pitfall many CDI professionals face is one I faced myself in my early years. As a young CDI professional, I stressed to everyone, “I am not a coder.”

I still say that to people who ask me very specific questions related to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2

ACDIS update: Advisory Board application period open now

January 8, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

The 2018 ACDIS Advisory Board application period is now open and will remain so through Monday, January 29....Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 2

The creepy-crawlies: Avoiding CDI scope creep

March 1, 2018
Policies & Procedures, Education

Scope creep is “really the whole sentiment that since we’re already in the record, we can do more and more,” says Lara Faustino, RN, BSN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at Boston Medical Center. “It happened gradually for us.”

As CDI programs mature, they move away from the easy-...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2

Local chapter update: Gather more friends for your chapter meetings

January 11, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Whether your local chapter has been around for five years or five minutes, finding new members to participate in networking events can be difficult. To help you find some new CDI friends, ACDIS assembled a few tips.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 2

Radio Recap: DRG validation: CDI and coding collaboration

March 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals

“DRG validation can mean many things in many different arenas,” Autumn Reiter, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, director of CDI staffing services at TrustHCS, said on the January 3 episode of ACDIS Radio, “New approaches in DRG validation.” “Essentially, it’s ensuring a correct final...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2

Tip: Use the OIG Work Plan to focus your CDI efforts

January 11, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education, Denials & Appeals

Those who’ve worked in CDI or healthcare compliance for any length of time typically prepare themselves for the annual October release of the OIG's Work Plan. The thousand-plus-page document outlines OIG...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 2

The buck stops here: CDI escalation policies

March 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

What’s a CDI specialist to do when queries go answered? What if a physician has a backlog of unanswered queries from three weeks prior? Or what if a physician patently refuses to answer queries and says “I don’t have time” or “it’s all about the money”?

For many CDI programs, an...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2

Q&A: Coding diagnoses left out of the discharge summary

January 11, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals

Q: According to Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, uncertain diagnoses should be documented at the time of discharge. If a consultant documents an uncertain diagnosis in the final or last progress note and no discharge...Read More »

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