CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Regulatory Committee Insight: Rules, regulations, education, and advocacy

September 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

By Candace Blankenship, BSN, RN, CCDS
The role of the CDI specialist is in constant flux. When I started out as a CDI specialist, my hospital wanted me to focus on reimbursement. Having one focus gave me a clear path and little conflict when I was educating and querying providers...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 5

Meet a Member: Her love of people led her to a career in CDI

January 31, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Education

Edna I. Betances-Harold, LPN, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, is the CDI supervisor at the University of Florida Health in Gainesville, and the president of the Florida chapter of ACDIS.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Setting guideposts: Organizationwide clinical definitions

September 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals

On February 23, 2016, the Journal of the American Medical Association published new clinical definitions for sepsis and septic shock, dubbed “Sepsis-3.” In the three years since then, a host of analyses and conflicting documentation and coding requirements have caused not only consternation but...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 5

ACDIS update: CDI salaries continue slow ascent, 2018 CDI Salary Survey finds

January 31, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, News

When ACDIS first conducted its CDI Salary Survey, more than half the respondents earned $69,999 or less. In 2018, only 17% fell into that bracket, down from 20% according to...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Pediatric concerns: Implementing heart failure criteria at Dayton Children’s Hospital

September 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding

by Rachelle Musselman, BSN, RN, Jorde Spitler, BSN, RN, Daniel Lantis, BSN, RN, Joseph E. Ross, MD, and Thomas A. Taghon, DO, MHA
When a condition is ill defined and documented by a provider, it renders the CDI specialist, and later the coding professional, unable to capture the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 5

Local chapter update: Offsetting costs incurred by leadership without collecting dues

January 31, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

When a chapter is in its younger days, before it has gone through leadership transitions and/or created bylaws, ACDIS recommends that it does not collect dues or open banks accounts. Leaders should be sure the chapter has enough momentum and volunteers to be able to successful hand over control...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

Ask ACDIS: Coding sepsis, UTI, and pneumonia

September 1, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a patient who was admitted with sepsis and the physician documented sepsis, a urinary tract infection (UTI) related to chronic Foley catheter, and pneumonia. Can we code sepsis first instead of the complication code? Or is the complication always first? ...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 5

CDI Week 2019 Preview: Celebrating CDI superheroes

September 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

CDI Week 2019 kicks off in just 16 short days and will run September 16-20. This year’s theme is “CDI Superheroes: The Heroes Hospitals Deserve,” celebrating CDI professionals’ wide range of skill sets that extend over a variety of areas, their influence making its way into all aspects of...Read More »

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