If a coder reviews the chart of a patient in the emergency department (ED) or intensive care unit with documented symptoms, such as fever (or low temperature), elevated white cell count (or low white cell count), altered mental status, evidence of an...Read More »
All told there were more than 500 CDI professionals in attendance at the 2010 ACDIS National Conference in Chicago last month. In addition, there were nearly two dozen exhibitors and more than 20 educational sessions in three dedicated tracks to choose from, including clinical chart review,...Read More »
“If you’ve ever read a document that contained convoluted language or gibberish jargon, read on,” a press release from The Center for Plain Language stated. I received that release more than a...Read More »
by Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS
While riding the gondola at Snowbasin ski area last week in Utah, I had the opportunity to converse with a physician (who happened to be riding up the lift with me) regarding the field of CDI. His interpretation of CDI centered...Read More »
Next week more than 500 CDI specialists from around the country will meet at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago for the 3rd Annual ACDIS Conference. This year’s conference features more than 30 speakers and offers three distinct tracks of programs from which to choose. The main conference...Read More »
We, in the United States, will soon need to adopt the electronic health record (EHR). Over the past few years, of course, healthcare entities have slowly converted from the traditional handwritten medical record toward one that is totally digital. There have...Read More »
Happy CDI Week and welcome to the 2022/2023 Council term! It always feels fitting when the first CDI Leadership Insider (CLI) edition of the new term falls during our CDI Week celebration. It’s a great way to welcome new members into our...Read More »
Vanessa Elliott, BSN, RN, CCDS, enterprise system CDI educator at WVU Medicine, asks: "How are other teams handling their workflow processes with reviews, such as assigning, following up, and concurrent reviews? I’d love input from folks using Epic and 3M!"Read More »
