by Kim Conner, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O
A great deal of change has occurred over the past three years in healthcare, and every organization nationally is feeling the financial burden in the wake of COVID-19 and recent natural disasters. CDI departments are stretched thin, pressured...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
As traditional CDI specialists review and query to improve clinical documentation on the front end with concurrent reviews, other roles in a CDI department strive to improve the capture of quality measures, often working retrospectively after the patient has been...Read More »
Have you ever thought you’d love to be part of the ACDIS team, working hand in hand with our Boot Camp instructors and the ACDIS leadership team? We are currently seeking a part-time nurse planner to join the fray!
For this position, we are seeking a seasoned nurse with experience as a...Read More »
by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
DRGs 981, 982, 983, 987, 988, and 989 are “funky.” They encompass encounters in which the operating room (OR) procedure is unrelated to the principal diagnosis. I call them funky because it should be rare that you group to them...Read More »
This year, the 2023 ACDIS Conference is setting out to help everyone in the clinical documentation integrity field Flourish, both personally and professionally—so don’t waste any time saving your seat! To help make the conference...Read More »
To all our local chapters, happy New Year! We can’t wait to see all you do in the next 12 months. Please remember as you plan your upcoming events and make leadership changes to keep us in the loop! To have your new leadership information and newsletters updated on the ACDIS website, add...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
There is no single query format every organization uses. Though ACDIS and AHIMA have collaborated to provide theGuidelines for Achieving a...Read More »
