CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 220

Q&A: Setting expectations for denial management

November 6, 2018
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Denials & Appeals

Q: How can we develop clear expectations for our denial management program?Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 215

Q&A: Preparing medical records for audit requests

October 30, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Quality & Regulatory

Q: We’re seeing an increase in the volume of medical record requests from external auditors. How can we ensure that the information in the records is accurate, timely, and available to meet auditors’ demands?Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 210

Q&A: Improving documentation of medical necessity

October 23, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Quality & Regulatory

Q: How can we help our physicians improve their documentation of medical necessity?Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 205

Q&A: Payer sepsis criteria

October 16, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals

Q: What sepsis criteria does CMS prefer people use? Do other insurance plans let you know which sepsis criteria they use to review claims?Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 200

Q&A: Facility-specific sepsis criteria

October 9, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals

Q: Is it a best practice for a hospital to get a consensus within their own facility to use one sepsis criteria over another?Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 196

Q&A: Principal diagnosis selection for a patient with CKD, ARF

October 2, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Our team is having a hard time determining a principal diagnosis for a patient with a history of stage 5 CKD who is receiving chronic hemodialysis and is in ARF with volume overload. The patient was admitted to receive the hemodialysis. What ICD-10-CM code...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 192

Meet a Member: CDI specialist loves seeing the world, learning new things

September 26, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Education

Maryanne Baer-Hines, RN, MSN, CCDS, is a CDI specialist at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), which is part of the Yale New Haven Health Systems, and a member of the Connecticut ACDIS local chapter.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 191

Q&A: Osteomyelitis versus cellulitis

September 25, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Is there a difference between osteomyelitis and cellulitis? And if so, do I need to query the physician for the conflicting diagnoses? The hospitalist mentions cellulitis of the foot and the wound consult is osteomyelitis of foot. Read More »

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