CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 6 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

Coding Clinic for CDI: A season for football, pumpkin lattes, and Coding Clinic releases

November 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC

It’s fall—a season for football and pumpkin lattes. That means it’s also time for the Third and Fourth Quarter American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic releases. Both were released on the same day and, because one...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 6 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

Meet a Member: Building a bridge between coding and nursing in CDI

November 1, 2019
Quality & Regulatory

Kelly Ellis, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, is the director of coding, CDI, and compliance at the Ohio State University Healthcare. She has been in the CDI field for about 10 years and worked in the coding and compliance field before that.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 6 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

Consensus recommendations for optimizing electronic health records for nutrition care

November 1, 2019
Quality & Regulatory

Abstract
Provision of nutrition care is vital to the health and well-being of any patient who enters the health care system, whether in the ambulatory, inpatient, or long-term care setting. Interdisciplinary professionals— nurses, physicians, advanced practice providers,...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 13, Issue 5

Meet a Member: CDI let her use clinical knowledge in unforeseen ways

January 22, 2020
Ask ACDIS

Alba Kuqi, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CICA, is the CDI supervisor at Prime Healthcare and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in HIM from the College of St. Scholastica. She is an ACDIS Leadership Council member, PHIMA member, and AHIMA Foundation Research Network...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Download the September/October 2019 edition of the CDI Journal

September 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Denials & Appeals

FEATURES
9 CDI in a changing denials landscape
13 The payer side of CDI
15 Frontline appeal writing advice
20 Organization-wide clinical definitions...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 5

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Nominate your extraordinary colleagues for an ACDIS Achievement Award

January 31, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Melissa Varnavas

Each year the ACDIS Achievement Awards recognize excellence in the CDI profession and bestow high honors on extraordinary CDI professionals from across the country. Honorees are nominated by colleagues...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: One giant step for CDI

September 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, News

By Melissa Varnavas
On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed on the moon. In taking his first step, Armstrong uttered the historic words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

The 50th anniversary of the moon...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 5

News: Average inpatient stay costs more than $22,000, price transparency reveals wild price fluctuations

January 31, 2019
News, Quality & Regulatory

The average outpatient visit in the U.S. costs nearly $500 and the average inpatient stay costs more than $22,000, according to a global study from the...Read More »

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