CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 5

Note from the ACDIS Director: The concept of continual improvement is true in all walks of life, CDI included

February 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

By Brian Murphy

You’ve probably heard the mantra that, in order to grow personally and professionally, you need to “continually improve.” This is often accompanied by the advice, “get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” These pat aphorisms are often presented as memes on...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Back to the books? Ongoing education isn’t child’s play

September 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Melissa Varnavas
September comes bittersweetly for those unwilling to give up on idealized days spent lounging by the stream, ocean, or pool. Certainly, by mid-August, for kids cramming to finish their summer reading projects and begrudgingly relinquishing their super-soakers,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 5

Symposium update: Submit your application to present at the 2018 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI

February 1, 2018
CDI Expansion, Education, Outpatient CDI

ACDIS is currently seeking speakers to present at the 2018 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI....Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Note from the Advisory Board: Maintain open lines of communication between CDI and coding staff members

September 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Robin Jones, RN, BSN, MHA/Ed, CCDS
In 2004, when I entered the world of CDI, I can remember sitting in a classroom for one week learning about diagnosis related groups (DRG), complications and comorbid conditions (CC) and major CCs (MCC), case-mix index (CMI), severity of...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 5

Q&A: Documenting intoxication with a blood alcohol level

February 1, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

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 »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Diverse backgrounds, diverse educational needs

September 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

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 »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 5

News: Study finds problem list inaccurate for risk adjustment calculations

February 1, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

EHR records may not be able to accurately determine case mix, according to a study published January 18 in the...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Guest column: It’s hard to change hats: Orienting new CDI specialists

September 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

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 »

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