If you are from the South, football is all that matters. I grew up in Alabama and now live in Mississippi. You have to understand that this time of year all we care about is tailgating and football. So my advice is to weave an analogy...Read More »
Many CDI specialists don’t spend a lot of time working with obstetric (OB) records, or may even ignore them altogether, principally because of the ICD-9-CM Chapter 11 coding guideline that basically says that pregnancy overrides...Read More »
A patient’s medical record contains a wealth of information about his or her hospital encounter, including diagnoses, treatments, operative reports, and ancillary notes. Unfortunately, much of the detailed information found in a patient record is...Read More »
I’m an old (and I do mean OLD) ICU nurse. As a working nurse, my relationships with physicians usually centered on getting them to listen to my assessments: Yes, you need to get out of bed and come see this patient who has stopped...Read More »
The length of stay (LOS) for coronary artery bypass graft patients and valve replacement patients at York Hospital (YH)/ Wellspan Health was significantly higher than the Medicare geometric mean length of stay (GMLOS) according to results of a record...Read More »
Historically, the limitations of the traditional paper health record have made data extrapolation a difficult, time-consuming process. Deciphering handwriting and digging through volumes of information after discharge was an inefficient and error filled process...Read More »
I have a question for all of the CDI professionals who feel they have achieved a genuine level of expertise (be it after two, three, or even five years): What do you consider as avenues for continued professional advancement, satisfaction, and development...Read More »
Over and over again in CDI Talk, at the ACDIS conference, local chapters, anywhere two CDI professionals have an opportunity to interact, it seems, some very common topics arise. One of the most common it seems is how to gain cooperation and collaboration of...Read More »
