CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Resolutions for making remote CDI efforts effective

January 1, 2017

After more than four years working remotely for UASI, Jennifer Love, RN, BA, CCDS, CDIP, has learned a thing or two about the difficulties and opportunities of working remotely. When asked about her 2017 New Year’s resolutions, she responded with a plethora of tips for those...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 1

Conference Update: Help sought for special conference presentation

January 5, 2017
Education

If you attended the ACDIS conference in Atlanta last year, you might have been among those lucky enough to catch Shannon McCall, director of HCPro’s Certified Coder Boot Camp® programs face off against ACDIS’ CDI education coordinator Laurie Prescott in a head-to-head, heavy-weight champion of...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Dust off query efforts to comply with industry changes

January 1, 2017
Physician Queries

Okemena Ewoterai used to take a folder off a shelf and peer through the papers inside looking for hints—scraps of stories that could lead her to a better understanding of why a particular patient needed to be in her hospital. When she found them, Ewoterai would pull out a piece...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 1

Opinion: Stop the insanity related to the 2017 coding Guidelines

January 5, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS

The ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for the 2017 fiscal year (effective 10/1/2016) added a new directive. In Section I, subsection A, item 19, states that:

“The...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Query practice changes through the years

January 1, 2017
Physician Queries

by Sylvia Hoffman, RN, CCDS, C-CDI, CDIP

Queries are definitely not what they used to be. When I first started as a CDI specialist, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, the query process was a muddy exercise in creative writing.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Differing backgrounds strengthen the CDI profession

January 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, Policies & Procedures

CDI specialists can pretty much come from any background in the medical field—from physicians, to nurses, to coders, and everything in between. While CDI specialists generally have the same day-to-day workflow (reviewing charts and sending queries), a specialist’s background prior to coming to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 1

Tip: CDI efforts can help to reduce AMI mortality outcome risks

January 4, 2017
ACDIS Guidance

by Shannon Newell, RHIA, CCS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer

The 30-day all cause acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality outcome measure has been linked to hospital payments since the inception of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBP) in fiscal year 2013....Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1

Opinion: CDI team diversity crucial for program advancement

January 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding

by Robert J. Thomas, BSN, RN, PHN

I attended nursing school at a four-year university that included classes in nursing history and continuum of care. Both courses required review of diversification in healthcare. Since the dawn of modern nursing, there have been controversies...Read More »

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