CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 2

Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, first quarter 2011 update

August 22, 2011
Clinical & Coding

Attached is a supplement to the April 2011 issue of CDI Journal. It provides important updates every CDI specialist should know regarding new guidance issued in AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM for both the first quarter of 2011. The author of the article is James Kennedy, MD,...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 5, Issue 1

Council member Q&A: Provider education, escalation process in a remote world

January 9, 2023
Leadership Council, Ask ACDIS

ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question-asker. In order to share...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 1

Role of documentation in stroke coding

January 1, 2012
Clinical & Coding

Clinical documentation plays a vital role in all coding. It is especially important, however, when reporting conditions such as stroke, which more often than not involves multiple symptoms, diagnoses, and complications.

Through the years, The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) ...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 1

Download the PDF of the entire January issue of the CDI Journal

January 1, 2011

Director’s note, p. 5
Learn how CDI efforts can affect infection control statistics.

Consider opportunities for excisional debridement documentation improvement, p. 6
Trey La Charité, MD, offers advice and a sample query for this RAC target area.

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CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 5, Issue 1

Second survey of 2022/2023 term open till January 23

January 9, 2023
Leadership Council

It’s time to respond to our second Leadership Council survey: The 2023 Leadership Council Research Series Survey! As a reminder, Council members must complete 75% of the content surveys throughout the term in order to...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 1

AHIMA offers more CDI ethics advice

January 1, 2011
CDI Management

As the financial tug-of-war continues, with government and private payers on one side and healthcare providers on the other, it can be difficult for CDI staff to know where the bright white line of ethical behavior begins. This is one reason AHIMA released its Ethical Standards for Clinical...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 5, Issue 1

New questions from Council members on staffing ratios, rebilling policies

January 9, 2023
Leadership Council

If you have experience with today's topics, please email ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald at larchibald@acdis.org by noon eastern on Friday, January 13, and she’ll connect you to the asking...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 1

News: ICD-10 crosswalks, White Paper, CMS teleconference available

January 6, 2011
News, Clinical & Coding

The transition from ICD-9-CM Volume 3 procedure codes to ICD-10-PCS will be by all accounts a significant adjustment, writes Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CPC-I, CCDS, director of HIM and coding at HCPro, Inc., and an AHIMA-certified ICD-10 trainer. In her...Read More »

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