It was amazing to see the host of vendors, volunteers and attendees at last week’s California ACDIS Chapter meeting. The leadership team hosted a meet-and-greet the evening before at a Davis (CA) brewery were early arrivers could mingle and nosh on tasty tacos from a regional food truck. The...Read More »
Q: Our organization is considering outsourcing some of our CDI staffing to help us out when we have full-time employees off on extended leave or paid time off. Additionally, the outsourced staff would be helping with some specific review areas. Before we pursue this, I had some questions:...Read More »
According in the preliminary 2019 CDI Salary Survey results, 51.57% of CDI specialists (those whose primary role is record reviews) make between $70,000 and $89,000 per year, up from 45.49% year-over-year.Read More »
As part of the tenth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Susan Sweeney BSN, RN, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, a CDI consultant for Covenant HIM Consulting, and a member of the 2020...Read More »
Q: I’ve heard conflicting information about coding uncertain diagnoses. Do they need to be documented in the discharge summary/final progress note, or can they be coded from an earlier progress note?Read More »
As part of the tenth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Samir Akach MD, MHCM, CPE, CHCQM-PHYSADV, SFHM, FACP, FACHE, the medical director of documentation, medical coding and...Read More »
Q: My physicians use the term “bacteremia” frequently and are treating it. The patient may be febrile and receiving antibiotics, but they cannot figure out a source. What should they be calling it? Or, better yet, what query should I be sending?Read More »
