Q:If the patient comes in with a high blood alcohol level and the provider documents that number in their note, do they also need to specifically write “patient with intoxication?”Read More »
The CDI field is a heterogeneous one—filled with professionals from a wide range of healthcare backgrounds. According to the 2018 CDI Week Industry Survey, 93% of CDI programs employ nurses, 37% employ coding/HIM professionals, 35% employ physicians as advisors or champions, 15% employ foreign-...Read More »
By Angela Maxfield, RN, CCDS
Steve Jobs once said that “the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” How appropriate. But how often do we really think of how scary it is to change jobs? People change for different...Read More »
By Allen Frady, RN-BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
CDI has a steep learning curve. Sometimes it can take several months, if not longer, to start seeing good documentation reviews from a new CDI specialist. The initial days of being a CDI specialist are almost exclusively task-focused. Before...Read More »
“I was truly speechless for the first time in my life,” said 2017 CDI Professional of the Year winner Rita Fields, BSN, RN, CCDS. “I couldn’t believe that I was going to be receiving this wonderful honor. Every time I tried to speak, it came out as a squeak from trying to hold...Read More »
Training new CDI staff members is a big job that often takes several months to conclude, but the end of orientation doesn’t mean that staff members never have to undergo education ever again. As most in CDI are keenly aware, the ground is always moving under our feet. From new regulations, to...Read More »