CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Ask ACDIS: Addressing common concerns about pressure ulcers

September 1, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Should we be advising our providers to start documenting pressure injury as opposed to pressure ulcer? Or, is it okay to document either term?

A: The coding of “pressure ulcer” has not changed. When you look up code category L89, Pressure ulcer, you...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Local Chapters: Joint events: So happy organizing meetings together

September 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Over the years, more than a few local chapters have opted to hold a joint event with either a neighboring ACDIS chapter for a bi- or tri-state event or with a component organization from an affiliated association such as the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), American...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Guest column: Mood matters at work: Translating emotional intelligence to CDI leadership and teams

September 1, 2018
CDI Management, Education

By Barbara A. Anderson, RN, MSM, CCDS
Does your daily mood or attitude as a CDI leader or CDI specialist have any effect on the workplace and your organization’s bottom line? What about the mood or attitude of others on your team?Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Outpatient efforts: Building connections to make a difference

September 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

When Susan A. Carrier, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CPC, went to school at Northeastern University in Massachusetts to become a nurse, the role of CDI specialist wasn’t even a far-off dream. She graduated, got a job working in pediatrics, and eventually moved into a sales position for a laboratory. Then...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Coding corner: CMS tries to simplify E/M code subjectivity

September 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Outpatient CDI

By Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CRC, CCDS
It’s that time of year again: I am perusing proposed rules, which always hold a few interesting potential changes for the upcoming fiscal year. However, as I read the proposed rule for the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Physician Advisor's Corner: Providing feedback and education remains innovative

September 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS
I love the topic of this edition of the CDI Journal, “Innovations in CDI Education.” In this “Physician Advisor’s Corner,” I would like to give you three ideas to augment your CDI education of providers and CDI professionals.

Albert...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5

Meet a Member: Perseverance paid off for this CDI specialist

September 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Susan Edamala, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCRN (Alum), is a clinical nurse consultant II and a CDI specialist at University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UIHHSS). She is also a member of the Illinois ACDIS local chapter.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 4

Book excerpt: Etiology of pediatric respiratory conditions

January 11, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

There are a number of etiologies leading to pediatric respiratory failure, just as there are with adult patients. To begin with, pediatric patients can come to an acquired extrathoracic airway from an infectious source (e.g., retropharyngeal abscesses, Ludwig’s angina, bacterial tracheitis,...Read More »

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