CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 6

Pediatric Concerns: Six tips to improve developmental documentation

December 1, 2016
CDI Expansion

by Valerie Bica, BSN, RN
Providers often document “global devel dopmental delays” in pediatric charts. The phrase is used to describe when a child takes longer to reach certain development milestones than other children the same age, such as  walking or talking. Children with...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 6

Electronic records change processes, interactions

December 1, 2016
CDI Expansion

The advent of the electronic record (EHR) changed how CDI specialists work with providers and coders. Gone are the days of misplaced paper queries and handwriting woes. As more and more healthcare organizations take on the arduous process of implementing an EHR, new challenges and considerations...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 6

Meet a Member: Excellent nursing documentation led to CDI career

December 1, 2016
Education

When Claudine Hutchinson, BSN, RN, started working as a pediatric staff nurse at the Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she didn’t know the first thing about clinical documentation improvement. In  medical/surgical, orthopedics, hematology-oncology, and pulmonology, she...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 5

Q&A: ‘Code first’ versus ‘in diseases classified elsewhere’

January 12, 2017
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I can’t distinguish between “code first” and “in diseases classified elsewhere.” Both are used with manifestations and both can’t be sequenced as principal diagnosis, and both need etiology codes so what is the difference?

A: ...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 5

Download the Sept./Oct. edition of the CDI Journal

September 1, 2016
CDI Management

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CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 5

Associate Director’s Note

September 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, News

One of the greatest pleasures of my role as the Associate Editorial Director for ACDIS is work- ing alongside such an amazing group of talented, knowledge- able, and generous members. Those working as CDI specialists hunger for education and information, and they are equally hun- gry for...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 5

Note from the Advisory Board: Collaboration begins with appreciation

September 1, 2016
CDI Management, Education

by Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS, and Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP

The debate regarding which profession makes the “best” CDI specialist unfortunately continues. Many facilities and consulting firms, initially trained to believe that only nurses could perform the duties of a CDI...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 5

Ask ACDIS: Remote CDI staff need state-specific licensure

September 1, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, Policies & Procedures

Q: I have a question regarding CDI practice by registered nurses (RN) in states in which they do not have an endorsement of their nursing licenses. Some facilities do not require this, whereas others do.

Obviously, it makes it much easier if the states in which an RN CDI...Read More »

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