More than 30% of respondents to the 2017 CDI Industry Survey plan to expand to some sort of outpatient service in the near future. But, with fairly flexible definitions of the term “outpatient,” those planning to expand are left without direction.
As with any new frontier for CDI, those...Read More »
By Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, and Page Knauss, BSN, RN, LNC, ACM, CPC, CDEO
The amount of physician documentation required for an outpatient case depends on the type of service rendered. In some cases, such as laboratory tests, the only documentation required by providers...Read More »
Like all reporting structures, CMS updates its HCC list each year. Recently, version 23 was released, and it contains some notable additions that CDI professionals—whether inpatient or outpatient—must be aware of.Read More »
By Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
The rules of compliant query practice do not change based on the setting. We must consider query construction and wording of provider communication with the same eye for compliance as we have...Read More »
While there are obvious attractions to visit in Orlando (hello, Disney!) during your downtime or the days surrounding the event, there are also a number of off-the-beaten track activities to choose from. Here are a few of our favorites.Read More »
So, you’re heading to the ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient in Orlando and you’re pretty excited. Excited about the networking, ready to learn from folks who’ve “been there, done that,” who’ve “walked the walk,” who’ve “blazed the trail...Read More »
The second annual ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI in Orlando, Florida, starts in just nine days. As you make your final preparations to leave in just a couple short weeks, the ACDIS team has some reminders to ensure your trip...Read More »
By Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
The hierarchical condition categories (HCC) are diagnosis code based on ICD-10 codes and include approximately 70 distinct disease groups derived from approximately 3,600 diagnosis codes that are...Read More »
