CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 4, Issue 4

Special Leadership Council reception at the 2022 ACDIS conference

April 11, 2022
Leadership Council

ACDIS is planning a special Leadership Council reception at the 2022 ACDIS conference on Wednesday, May 4, 6-7:30 p.m. on the Mangrove Lawn at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida! If you’re planning to attend the conference, we encourage you to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 4

News: Clinical documentation technology company files for bankruptcy

February 18, 2010
News
Known primarily as a medical transcription and documentation firm, Tennessee-based Spheris was nevertheless the nation’s second-largest provider of clinical documentation technology and services. Earlier this month, the company filed for bankruptcy, according to an article in the ...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 4

Tips to pick an e-query system

October 1, 2010
CDI Expansion, Physician Queries

Only 1.5% of the nearly 3,000 nonfederal hospitals in the United States reported the use of a comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) system, according to a March report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. With so few facilities employing EMRs, why should CDI program managers...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 4

Tip: Coding for cancer

February 18, 2010
Clinical & Coding
Within the Alphabetic Index of ICD-9-CM is a Neoplasm table that assists coders in assigning diagnosis codes (Vols. 1-2). The table is structured based off the specific location of the neoplasm as well as the type of neoplasm. There are four types of neoplasms on the neoplasm table:...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 4

Technology provides additional opportunity for CDI analysis

October 1, 2010
CDI Expansion

by Jonathan L. Elion, MD, FACC

The value of a new technology is often not understood for many years after its invention. For example, the first film cameras were initially used to capture “photographic paintings” of landscapes, still life studies, and portraits, the standard...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 4

Article of the month: Avoid sequencing oversights

February 18, 2010
Clinical & Coding
by Robert S. Gold, MD
 
Every so often, I come across some coding issues that recall other coding issues. I found this situation within the last few weeks and it deserves some discussion.
 
A baby arrives at the hospital with weight loss....Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 4

Director's note: Our best conference yet? You decide

October 1, 2010
ACDIS Guidance

When I first met with the ACDIS 2011 conference committee in July, I knew right away this was a great group. Why? Because they took their job seriously. A couple of members told me flat out that serving on the committee was intimidating because they enjoyed the other ACDIS conferences so much...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 4

Tip: Incorporate diagnosis criteria into query forms

February 18, 2010
Education
ACDIS members who frequently use the CDI Talk message board already appreciate the hard work and generosity of Sandy Beatty, RN, BSN, C-CDI, clinical documentation specialist at...Read More »

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