CDI Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Note from the Instructor: Comfort zones

September 1, 2022
CDI Expansion

by Kim Conner, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O
One of my favorite anonymous quotes in the context of growing one’s CDI practice is, “Great things never came from comfort zones.” CDI practice has grown well past what it initially was and continues to develop beyond the traditional inpatient...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 5

News: Opioid use disorder plays significant role in many sepsis cases

February 3, 2022
News

Nearly two million adults are hospitalized with sepsis annually. Of those, roughly 2% had opioid use disorder, according to a Sepsis Alliance Institute...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

CDI Week 2022 Preview: Outpatient CDI expansion

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Outpatient CDI

ACDIS celebrates CDI professionals annually with a full week of recognition for the profession through activities, education, and fun. This year’s CDI Week theme is Under the Sea-DI, celebrating the often underappreciated and unseen efforts CDI professionals contribute to their...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 5

Q&A: Interpreting unable to determine

February 3, 2022
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

 In giving choices for responses, our query templates include “other (please specify)” and “unable to determine.” We get many responses of “unable to determine.” How do you interpret the AHIMA/ACDIS Guidelines for Achieving Compliant Query Practices brief with just using “other” in query choice...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Case study: Z codes and CDI

September 1, 2022
CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding

by Linnea Archibald
Social determinants of health (SDOH) codes—categorized in the code set as Z codes—have become more and more of a hot topic in the CDI world over the past few years. The codes themselves...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 5

ACDIS update: Deadline to register for the ACDIS Virtual Summit is Monday, February 7

February 3, 2022
Education

This Monday, February 7, is the last day to register for ACDIS Virtual Summit: Measuring & Communicating...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 16, Issue 5

Note from the Instructor: The importance of CDI audits as teaching tools

September 1, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

by Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, CCDS
Most people cringe at the thought of either being audited or performing audits. However, in the world of CDI, audits are crucial to helping a CDI team stay up to date with the fast pace of medicine, the continual changes of coding guidelines,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 5

ACDIS update: ACDIS Regulatory Committee “hot topics” includes SOI comparison

February 3, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

The ACDIS Regulatory Committee recently posted its first hot topic for 2022, which is focused on severity of illness comparison of a newborn with respiratory distress...Read More »

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