CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 34

News: CMS responds to new sepsis-3 definition

August 4, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, News, Education, Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

The newly proposed Sepsis-3 definition has been the subject of great controversy and consternation since its publication in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on February 23, 2016.  That controversial definition discarded the concept of SIRS as the basis for defining sepsis...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 31

Book Excerpt: Documenting the discharge process

March 15, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

By Jackie Birmingham, RN, BSN, MS, CMAC

Editor’s note: For more information, see ...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 30

Guest Post: The CDI buzz about CMI: What your facility metrics mean

March 14, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

By Jocelyn E. Murray, RN, CCDS

There’s no question of the financial sustenance facility case mix index (CMI) provides. An elevated CMI level indicates an increased severity (or acuity weight) in surgical and life sustaining levels of medical care. Facility budgets are formed...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 26

A Note from the Instructors: The value of the CCDS credential

June 16, 2016
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, Policies & Procedures

by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP

Those working in the healthcare field really value their credentials. The letters after a person’s name open many professional doors for an individual. When I worked as a nursing manager, if an applicant held AACN certification that simple...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 25

News: CMS’ 2017 IPPS rule proposes changes to MS-DRG classification

June 8, 2016
Clinical & Coding, Policies & Procedures

CMS’ release of the 2017 IPPS proposed rule addresses an amendment to the MS-DRG classification of implantation or revision of loop recorders.

Stakeholders requested an examination of a potential...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 10, Issue 25

Q&A: PE versus DVT as a principal diagnosis

June 8, 2016
Clinical & Coding, Policies & Procedures

Q: I have a patient whose chief complaint was shortness of breath (SOB) and, after studies, the patient was found to have moderate to large B/L pulmonary embolism (PE) and extensive B/L lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The coding staff is using the PE as the principal...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 24

Radio Recap: CDI productivity

March 1, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

ACDIS surveyed more than 400 CDI professionals about their facility productivity expectations and published a white paper on the...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 6

Guest Post: An obligation to report noncompliance

January 17, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

by Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS

One of the many coder/CDI obligations is to report noncompliant activities. Your employer’s compliance plan may direct you to report these noncompliant observations to the compliance officer or a compliance hotline.

When...Read More »

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