Every year, ACDIS celebrates all those who belong to the CDI profession with a full week of recognition sharing education, resources, and activities. CDI Week 2024 will take place September 16–20, and this year, the theme...Read More »
Denials continue to be a pain point and significant challenge for every hospital across the nation. Whether inpatient or outpatient, denials are rampant. Denials also continue to strain revenue cycles in every organization. What can...Read More »
Q: Regarding TAVR DRG 267 versus 266: Our providers wonder why so many TAVR procedures go to the 267 DRG without an MCC. I would like to know if other facilities that perform TAVRs get many cases to 266 DRG with an MCC, and if so, what are the top MCCs captured? Providers routinely...Read More »
Q: Can we send a concurrent query to the physician using the statement within the query: "Use of terms such as concern for, suspected, possible, or probable (associated with a specific diagnosis) are accepted and can be coded in the inpatient setting”? I was told that this type of...Read More »
Q: I have a question about provider education and query escalations in a remote world. What is your provider education process? Are your frontline CDI staff facilitating regular provider education or do you have a designated CDI physician educator or team of CDI that facilitate on a...Read More »
