CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2

Clinically speaking: Tight margins in trans aortic valve replacement

March 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding

By Stephen Houlahan, RN, MSN, MBA, CCDS
The future of aortic valve replacement (AVR) is here, and it is called trans AVR (TAVR). Also known as trans-aortic valve implantation (TAVI), TAVR has been commercially available in Europe since 2007 and in the United States since 2011. It...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2

Physician advisor's corner: Clinically validating acute CHF exacerbations

March 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Education, Denials & Appeals

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
Recovery Auditor (RA) denials raise my blood pressure more than anything else (except maybe the postal service and the IRS). The constantly increasing number of clinical validation denials are repeated attacks against my hospital and...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2

Coding corner: How an ICD-10 code is born

March 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding

by Kay Piper, RHIA, CDIP, CCS
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I wish there was a code for that?” Good news! You can make your dreams come true by submitting a code proposal to the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M). in this article, I’m going to walk you...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2

Meet a Member: After 11 years in pediatric, CDI gave her a new home

March 1, 2019
Ask ACDIS, Education

Lourdes Albino Cacanindin, MD, CCDS, is a CDI specialist at Sutter Health–Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, California, and is a member of the California chapter of ACDIS.

ACDIS: How long have you been in the CDI field?
Cacanindin: It...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 2

2019 update: Guidelines for achieving a compliant query practice

March 1, 2019
Physician Queries, Policies & Procedures

Note: To read the complete version of the new query practice brief that includes sample queries and references, click here.

This American Health Information...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 13, Issue 1

Conference corner: Late ‘thank you’ notes

January 7, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Education

By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS

As the holidays pass by, it turns out that I’m the guy who was supposed to write a thank you note but never did. The thank you note is to ACDIS for throwing another fine Annual Conference this past May, this time at the Gaylord Palms Resort in...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 1

Note from the ACDIS Editor: CDI Journal focuses on collaboration and expansion

January 3, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education

by Linnea Archibald

CDI is often called the bridge between the coding and clinical worlds, but many other avenues for interdepartmental collaboration also exist. The January/February edition of...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 1

Download the January/February 2019 edition of the CDI Journal

January 1, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

FEATURES
7 CDI’s role in retrospective reviews
13 CDI–case management collaboration
18 Local chapter financial planning
26 Systemwide outpatient CDI...Read More »

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