Membership update: ACDIS Forum abuzz with CDI conversation

This past month was a busy one on the ACDIS Forum. From outpatient CDI, to clinical and coding, to pediatrics, the Forum had a conversation for everyone in every type of CDI program.

The ACDIS community loves to help each other with all the documentation conundrums that arise. Check out the following Forum threads to join some of the most popular threads this month!

• APR-DRGs: Join in on the discussion of the APR-DRG methodology and how it differs from the MS-DRG system.
• CDI opportunities in the ED: Discuss the merits of expanding your CDI program in the ED world and the details of the staffing requirements there.
• Keeping DRG reconciliation civil: Weigh in on tactics for keeping CDI and coding relationships strong and smoothing feathers during DRG reconciliation.
• Post-discharge queries: Add your thoughts about post-discharge and post-bill query practices.
• Coding from the body of the progress note: Lend your thoughts and experience to the discussion of coding abnormal findings pulled into the progress notes.
• Query opportunities in oncology: Discuss the CDI opportunities and commonly seen diagnoses in the oncology unit.
• Sepsis and lactic acidosis: Weigh in on the criteria for a severe sepsis query.
• Unstageable pressure ulcer POA then debrided: Join in on the discussion of what to document when a patient is admitted with an unstageable pressure ulcer that can be staged after debridement.
• Sepsis 3 denials: Navigate the changing sepsis denials.

Editor’s note: To learn how to participate in the ACDIS Forum, click here. To visit the ACDIS Forum main page and view the categories, click here. If you have a questions yourself, post away. Sharing CDI experiences is one of the highlights of ACDIS membership.