CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 4

Complications of care: Take a team-based approach to ensure accurate reporting

October 1, 2013
Quality & Regulatory, CDI Expansion, CDI Management

by James P. Fee, MD, CCDS, and Garry L. Huff, MD, CCS, CCDS

Certainly, the alphabetical and tabular index of the ICD-9-CM codebook assume the “postoperative” relationship as causal, but a CDI specialist should investigate this further within the specific clinical context.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 4

ICD-10 Coding Corner: Recap of Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2013

October 1, 2013
Clinical & Coding

AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM released its third round of ICD-10 coding guidance in its Second Quarter 2013 issue. HCPro CDI Education Director Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, AHIMA approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, says the guidance contains several questions about procedures which may be...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 4

Pediatric efforts offer new CDI opportunities

October 1, 2013
CDI Expansion

It was around the time of the ACDIS annual conference when Bonnie I. Epps, RN, MSN, manager of CDI for Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, started researching the effect of expanding her CDI program to include pediatric and neonatal units. When asked why she was interested in expanding...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 4

Attribution policy takes guess work out of assigning physician documentation responsibility

October 1, 2013
CDI Management

Years ago, the physician you saw for your annual checkup was the physician in charge of your care should  you need to be admitted to the hospital. Today, however, this model has changed. With the complexity of care now required for many illnesses, and the complexity of physician structures at...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 7, Issue 3

Council member Q&A: Remote work, salary vs. hourly, and physician rounding

March 10, 2025
ACDIS Guidance, Leadership Council, Physician Queries

ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question-asker. In order to share...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 7, Issue 3

Determine when and how to query physicians

March 31, 2014
Physician Queries

Coders and clinicians seem to speak different languages. CDI specialists often serve as the translators between clinicians and coders, so it's important that all three groups work together.

Both coders and CDI specialists can query physicians when documentation:
CDI Journal - Volume 7, Issue 3

Download the PDF of the entire July issue of the CDI Journal

July 1, 2013

Escalation policy addendum added to new AHIMA/ACDIS query practice brief,  p. 1

Director’s note, 5

Meet a member, 6

CDI for physician and facility improvement, 7

Medical necessity case study record review, 9

CDI mentors share knowledge, stories, 10

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CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 7, Issue 3

Council reminder: Special Leadership Council discount, reception on 2025 ACDIS Conference!

March 10, 2025
ACDIS Guidance, Education, Leadership Council

Calling all leaders!

As a reminder, ACDIS is planning a special Leadership Council reception at the 2025 ACDIS conference on Tuesday, May 6, after the sessions have ended! If you’re planning to attend the conference, we encourage you to...Read More »

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