CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2

Case study: Risk adjustment capture crucial for psych review success

March 1, 2023
CDI Expansion

by Jess Fluegel
Expanding into psychiatric units or facilities is a step that CDI programs may take because of their current patient population, a newly acquired center, or just another chance to improve their risk adjustment factor (RAF) score. Though she’s now spent nearly four...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 2

Local chapter update: Sign and email us your leadership agreement form

January 12, 2023
ACDIS Guidance

Earlier this week, local chapter and networking group leaders should have received an email from ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald with the local chapter agreement contract which...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2

Case study: Build relationships with all providers for NICU success

March 1, 2023
CDI Expansion

by Linnea Archibald
According to the 2022 CDI Salary Survey, 20.25% of respondents currently review neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) charts. Despite that relatively high rate of review, CDI and coding educational...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2

Guest column: The delicate task of mortality reviews

March 1, 2023
CDI Expansion, Quality & Regulatory

by Cathy Farraher Nakhoul, RN, BSN, MBA, CCM, CCDS
Mortality reviews are never fun because you are reviewing the chart of a human being who expired. It’s important to remember that when you begin the undertaking, your task is similar in gravity to the nurse’s job of preparing the...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2

Guest column: Proving CDI’s, coding’s impact on mortality measures

March 1, 2023
CDI Expansion, Quality & Regulatory

by JoAnne Mullins, DNP, MSN, RN, CCDS
Quality is a hot topic with healthcare organizations and has been discussed at ACDIS annual conferences for several years now. Your CDI department may strive to improve the accuracy, clarity, and specificity of provider documentation in the...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2

Regulatory committee insight: Leveraging the Regulatory Committee’s quality map

March 1, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Quality & Regulatory

by Susan Wallace, MEd, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRC, FAHIMA
Inpatient CDI specialists and coders serve an integral role in hospital mortality reviews. They understand the importance of capturing CC/MCC secondary diagnoses to establish severity of illness (SOI) and concepts like “4/4...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2

2023 ACDIS conference: Tips to fill your time in the Windy City

March 1, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The ACDIS national conference is coming to the Windy City May 8–11, 2023, and we’re calling all Chicagoans and those from the surrounding area to tell us what tips and tricks you have! ACDIS would love to share what makes the city—and...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 17, Issue 2

Physician advisor corner: One approach to the new directives for surgical complication coding

March 1, 2023
CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, Physician Advisors

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS
A close friend of mine uses the phrase “Change is bad” seriously and repeatedly. Occasionally, I agree with him. Like it or not, however, change is inevitable. How one responds to change determines how much of a problem a given change...Read More »

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