According to the ACDIS Local Chapter Agreement Form, chapter leadership needs to ask members to complete the online membership roster on a quarterly basis. This is the official roster which allows leaders to collect important information including whether the local chapter member is:
Contributor’s note: Clinical validation is a major focus of CDI efforts. So, in continuing his exploration into CDI research and pulling forward experiences shared during various ACDIS poster presentations, Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS, reached out to his colleague Audrey...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
“Right now, starting a career in CDI isn’t something that is very fluid for a lot of people,” says Jessica Risner, BSN, RN, CCDS, director of CDI at over 18 hospitals in the Banner Health Network, based in Phoenix, Arizona. “A lot...Read More »
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, CDI specialists play a crucial part in the effort to accurately track the public’s health. As the link between clinicians and coders, CDI professionals are uniquely positioned to provide support to both...Read More »
by Sarah Nehring, RHIT, CCS, CCDS
As a coding educator, most of the questions I address are about two things: ICD-10-PCS coding and queries. While coding procedures can be challenging, the lack of complete documentation is more frustrating. The following are just 10 of the things...Read More »
Danielle Forni, RN, BSN, is a CDI specialist at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston and a member of the Massachusetts ACDIS local chapter. She has been in the CDI field for a year and four months.Read More »
