Q: I have a question about querying for excisional debridement. Our organization uses an operative template containing two sections that have caused some pushback from our surgeons. Those sections are “Procedure performed” and “Operation details.” Our CDI specialists have been...Read More »
As part of the fourteenth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Maria Gracia (Gigi) Donohue, BSN, RN, CCDS, regional manager of clinical documentation excellence at South...Read More »
As part of the 14th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Maricus Gibbs, PhD, RN, CDI specialist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,...Read More »
As part of the 14th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Lynette A. Byerly, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDIS auditor/educator at University of Colorado Health, and Mariclare...Read More »
As part of the 14th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Kelly Benson, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDI regional manager at Memorial Hermann Health in Houston, Texas, answered these...Read More »
Q: Regarding the role of prior encounters in queries, is there a recommended timeframe for how long ago the prior encounter should occur to be used in a query? If a patient’s last ECHO was three years ago, should that information from a prior encounter still be pulled into a query?...Read More »
