The ACDIS Forum offers a unique opportunity for members to ask questions of their CDI peers, often in real-time, for real-life input. A recent inquiry there pondered posting queries within a CDI program’s EHR physician communication...Read More »
Does the ACDIS/AHIMA “Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice” brief support queries that only list one diagnosis, “other,” and “unknown”? Read More »
As part of the 10th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Audrey Murray, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDI specialist at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Humble, Texas, a member of the 2020 CDI...Read More »
Every year, ACDIS celebrates clinical documentation specialists with a full week of activities, education, and fun. This year’s CDI Week theme is ACDIS Cinema—CDI: Coming to an Organization Near You, which aims to bring CDI professionals from behind the scenes and into the limelight,...Read More »
Q: If an echocardiogram shows a type of trace/mild/moderate regurgitation, is that enough to query for that diagnosis? Or is this considered an insignificant finding?Read More »
One of my physicians recently documented this statement “urine MRSA positive, but patient asymptomatic and vital signs stable, likely colonization from chronic catheter.” Based on this documentation, could we code a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)?Read More »
