CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 3

Coding Corner: The future is now: CDI in office/outpatient settings

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

By Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CHDA, CDIP, COBGC
Back in 2016, I wrote the following synopsis for HCPro about outpatient/office diagnosis reporting, clarifying some of the misunderstood procedural guidelines between inpatient and outpatient services....Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 3

Meet a Member: Continued learning keeps CDI specialists engaged

May 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

Suzanne Megown, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, is a CDI specialist at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri, and a member of the St. Louis ACDIS chapter, AHIMA, the Missouri component of AHIMA, and eHIMA. A CDI specialist for the past nine years, she worked in pain management...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 2

Download the March/April edition of the CDI Journal

March 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

FEATURES
7 The creepy-crawlies: Avoiding CDI scope creep
11 The buck stops here: CDI escalation policies
16 Tips from the frontlines for physician engagementRead More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2

Note from the ACDIS Director: Outpatient query guidance released

January 11, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Physician Queries, Outpatient CDI

By Brian Murphy

Outpatient CDI is a different beast than CDI performed in the inpatient hospital setting. The volume of encounters is significantly higher, as is the speed of the visit and the turnover of patients. Trying use the same processes for clarifying documentation with...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 2

Meet a Member: A CDI specialist with a heart for serving people

January 2, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Education

Paul “Pauly” Cope, RN, CCDS, is a CDI specialist in Renown Regional Medical Center’s revenue department in Reno, Nevada.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 2

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Weather CDI storms with peer advice: Save yourself from unexpected pitfalls

March 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

By Melissa Varnavas
There’s a photo of my mom and dad from the winter of 2015, snow piles towering over them on either side. That year the Boston area received blizzard after blizzard. We still call it (with a nod to J.K. Rowling) the winter-that-shall-not-be-named.

This...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2

News: Hundreds of hospitals hit annually with Medicare’s safety penalties

January 11, 2018
News, Quality & Regulatory

This year, 751 hospitals will be hit with a payment reduction from Medicare due to high rates of patient injuries. These hospitals will lose 1% of their Medicare payments over fiscal year 2018.Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 2

Note from the Advisory Board: Blurred lines between coding and CDI

March 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC
One pitfall many CDI professionals face is one I faced myself in my early years. As a young CDI professional, I stressed to everyone, “I am not a coder.”

I still say that to people who ask me very specific questions related to...Read More »

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