CDI Journal - Volume 18, Issue 1

Case study | The quest for the CDI staff

January 1, 2024
CDI Management, Education

by Joshua Raposa

Most beloved stories in human history have centered around the archetype of the quest. In Middle-earth, Frodo Baggins and his coterie sought to destroy the infamous One Ring to defeat the Dark Lord Sauron and bring peace to the land; in a galaxy far, far away,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 1

Local chapter update: Sign your 2024 Local Chapter Leadership Agreement by January 31!

January 4, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Education

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 form which must...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 18, Issue 1

Guest column | CDI integration into my personal journey with code I25.10

January 1, 2024
Clinical & Coding, Education

by Marlene Goodwin-Esola, MSN, RN-BC

I bet I can speak for many of us who work in CDI and have had the experience of being a patient, as I did during my recent cardiac procedure—I knew the diagnosis that would be coded, the principal diagnosis, and the relative weight of the DRG...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 18, Issue 1

CDI specialized roles: A unique boutique of hats

January 1, 2024
CDI Management, Education

by Jess Fluegel

In the CDI profession, departments often are asked to wear multiple “hats” to help their organization’s financial and quality goals. Similarly, within a CDI department, there are many responsibilities and roles needed to achieve the program’s goals outside of...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 18, Issue 1

Guest column | Reimagining staff meetings

January 1, 2024
CDI Management, Education

by Wendy L. Baloga-Truschel, M.Ed, BSN, RN, CCDS

In most institutions and departments, staff meetings are seen as a time where the attendees are just supposed to attend, pay attention, listen to a report on their team’s progress, learn about new developments that will challenge...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 18, Issue 1

Note from the instructor | Let’s get DEEP

January 1, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Deanne Wilk, MPS, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS

Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the provider would document the medical conditions of the patient on orange-colored, paper-thin, double-copied attestation sheets. These conditions were submitted to the insurance company only...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 18, Issue 1

Meet a Member | ‘Lead yourself with a glass half-full mentality’

January 1, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

Kerri Swart, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, is the CDI director at Upstate University Health System and is associated with the ACDIS Central New York local chapter. She has been in the CDI field for four and a half years.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 55

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: A year of the ACDIS Podcast

December 14, 2023
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by Linnea Archibald

If you had told me when I started working with ACDIS in January 2017 that I would one day not only cohost a podcast but also produce, edit, and love doing it, I would have laughed at the idea. But here we are, at the end of 2023, and the ACDIS...Read More »

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