CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 2

Radio Recap: ICD-10 documentation’s devils in the details

March 1, 2016
Clinical & Coding

No one thought ICD-10 implementation was going to be easy, but after a few months of working with the new code set, 19% called their implementation process just that—easy. Another 73% said implementation was only moderately challenging, and just a handful called it “difficult,” according to an...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 2

News: Time to submit your nominations for the ACDIS Achievement Awards

January 14, 2016
News

ACDIS has made some significant changes to our annual ACDIS Achievement Awards, to be awarded at the ninth annual ACDIS Conference, May 23-26, 2016 in Atlanta. We will be accepting nominations in the following categories:Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 2

Physician Advisor’s Note: Achieving and maintaining compliance

March 1, 2016
Education

by Trey La Charité, MD
Compliance represents one of the most important yet underappreciated goals of a CDI program. While my facility’s eight-year-old CDI project did not start out with compliance as an initial objective, we were able to identify and resolve its unintentional...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 2

News: 2014 PQRS data available to public

January 14, 2016
News

CMS recently expanded the amount of data available on its Physician Compare tool, to include new quality performance data was added for group practices, Accountable Care Organizations, and, for the first time, individual providers. However the AMA expressed concerns, calling the new data “...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 2

Laboratory Speak: Look at complete blood count for CDI opportunities

March 1, 2016
Education

by Verona A. Lodholz, DC, MT(ASCP), CPC, CCDS
As you review all the numbers included in a complete blood count (CBC), are you gathering all the available information? Do you just look at the white blood count (WBC), hemoglobin (Hgb), hematocrit (Hct), H&H, and platelet count...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 2

News: CMS invites comments on 2-midnight rule payment calculation

January 14, 2016
News

CMS has to explain its calculation for a negative 0.2% reduction in inpatient payment rates as a result of implementing the 2-midnight rule, according to a recent court ruling. The court also said providers should have an opportunity to comment on the calculation. Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 2

Ask ACDIS: Pediatric encephalopathy query opportunities

March 1, 2016
Ask ACDIS

Q: We have a teenager with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and history of lupus nephritis who came into the ED with seizures. The physician admitted the patient with documentation of with status epilepticus and hypertensive urgency. The intensivists then documented hypertensive encephalopathy...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 10, Issue 2

Define outpatient CDI nuances

March 1, 2016
CDI Expansion, Policies & Procedures

by Anny Pang Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP
As healthcare providers increasingly accept financial risk associated with patient management due to the transition from fee-for-service to riskbased/ value-based reimbursement, the traditional model of healthcare reimbursement has been...Read More »

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