ACDIS Radio is a biweekly talk show devoted to hot topics in CDI. If you haven’t listened before or you’re just a bit behind, make sure to peruse the archives on the ACDIS website. The show is free for ACDIS members and non-members alike.
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Tammy Combs, RN, MSN, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, will present “How to Mitigate and Manage Denials,” on Day 2 of the ACDIS conference. Combs is the director of HIM practice excellence, CDI/nurse planner at AHIMA in Chicago, Illinois....Read More »
Q:I have a question regarding unilateral weakness from a previous stroke. The patient has ongoing weakness in both right arm and leg post cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and associated ataxia post CVA in 2013. Is it...Read More »
Q:We are struggling with finding a good balance between having CDI attend multi-disciplinary rounds and conduct concurrent CDI work. At this time, we attend twice per week, faithfully and then also attend if the CDI...Read More »
Q:Our facility does not have a standard appeal letter template to respond to medical necessity denials. Do you have any suggestions for how to respond? Read More »
While outpatient CDI has become the hot topic for the industry as a whole, other areas present ready opportunities for CDI intervention. OB-GYN is one such area.Read More »
Jennifer Crumb, RN, BSN, CCDS, will be presenting “Navigating the Ice Age in CDI: When You Are Holding on to the Iceberg,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS conference along with Jennifer Woodworth, RN, BSN, and Ashlyn Hard, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIS.Read More »
Q:What would be the ideal way to code a case where a patient has ongoing encephalopathy after a subdural hematoma multiple years ago? I keep seeing documentation as a brain injury with ongoing encephalopathy, but is...Read More »
