There has been much debate about where CDI belongs in a hospital and to whom it should report. Many advocate a direct chain reporting to Health Information Management (HIM), which seems to be a natural fit, given that CDI specialists spend much of their time clarifying principal and secondary...Read More »
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An exclusive benefit for members of the ACDIS CDI Leadership Council and the NAHRI Leadership Council, Demo Discussions ...Read More »
University of South Alabama (USA) Health System’s Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Mobile planned to begin dual CDI/coding of ICD-10-CM in April. Then came the congressionally mandated implementation delay. Now USA’s dual coding won’t take place until later this fall at the earliest, since...Read More »
Of the 187 physicians who responded to a recent survey, only 25% were involved in evaluating or implementing new clinical documentation technologies at their organization. However, when asked how important they considered being involved, 70% said extremely important and 27% said very important...Read More »
I have found that a healthy skepticism needs to be applied within the realm of clinical documentation integrity. In fact, I am thinking of hanging “Caveat Emptor” (Latin for “buyer beware”) sign over my desk! Read More »
Too often an abnormality is an incidental finding, or a lab error and the clinical circumstances, do not support a diagnosis based on that number. Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure can be one of these situations.Read More »
