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. Nancy Franciotti, BS, RN, CCDS, the CDI manager at Inspira Health, member of the Philadelphia/Southern New...Read More »
As part of the ninth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Ashley Chamberland, BSN, RN, CPN, who is the lead ambulatory CDI specialist at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in...Read More »
As part of the ninth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Keri Miller, RN, BSN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at McLaren Healthcare in Lansing, Michigan, a member of the Michigan ACDIS local...Read More »
As part of the ninth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Rachelle Buol, RHIA, the director of coding and CDI at UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin, and a member of the 2019 CDI Week...Read More »
As part of the ninth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Terry Ann Simmons, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, a CDI specialist at Hartford Healthcare HOCC Campus in New Britain, Connecticut,...Read More »
Q:I’ve been told that if there are clinical indicators to support that CKD is the etiology of a patient’s hypertension, a code from category I15 would be assigned. Code I12 is for hypertensive CKD, isn’t it? So why do we have...Read More »
Q: When a patient comes in with two diagnoses and the documentation reflects that either could be the principal diagnosis, do we choose the principal as the diagnosis that is being treated more intensely, or do we choose the higher paying DRG? Is it true that when a patient comes in...Read More »
