A quarter of respondents call their CDI program’s relationship with coding “fair” or “poor” according to a September 26, 2018, ACDIS Radio episode. Despite being called the bridge between the coding and clinical worlds, CDI professionals frequently need to build or repair their relationship with...Read More »
by Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
Physician support in the CDI decision-making process from the CDI program’s inception helps physicians see beyond the immediate obligation of documentation to the greater good such documentation...Read More »
The third character of a procedure code is represented by the root operation. Definitions for the root operations are located in Appendix A and within the tables of the ICD-10-PCS manual.
When the same root operation is performed on different body parts represented by distinct characters...Read More »
by Johanne Brautigam, RN, BSN, CCDS and Mindy Davis, RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCDS
There are a few key strategies for communication between CDI and coding. Most important, communicate to coding leadership and the coding staff that having a strong working relationship between CDI and...Read More »
by Johanne Brautigam, RN, BSN, CCDS and Mindy Davis, RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCDS
Career ladders are a relatively new concept for CDI. With the adoption of the inpatient and outpatient CDI programs, there is a greater need for a ladder program because there will likely be individual...Read More »
n addition to CDI educators, some organizations have coding educators on staff. These professionals can be an asset in keeping departments up to date on constantly evolving coding guidelines and annual code updates, says Chrystel Barron, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CHTS-TR, CICA, CHRI,...Read More »
Hi, I’m Delaney Rebernik, a name you may have noticed cropping up in ACDIS spaces recently. The reason? I’m the newly minted membership manager of the ACDIS Leadership Council, the research-powered networking community for CDI supervisors...Read More »
The average adult, according to various sites on the internet, makes roughly 35,000 decisions per day—deciding everything from what to have for breakfast to what time to go to bed and all the decisions in-between. Interestingly, about 250 of...Read More »
