More than half of the respondents to the 2018 CDI Week Industry Survey use computer-assisted coding (CAC) and/ or natural language processing (NLP) software, and another 6% intend to implement the technology in the next year. While many of those respondents said software has improved aspects of...Read More »
Keeping up with evolving CDI and coding expectations can be a challenge, especially in the wake of the holiday hubbub. Start 2019 off in the know with this free webinar covering key highlights from the fourth quarter 2018 edition of Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS.Read More »
by Angela Maxfield, RN, CCDS
Long flights, layovers and connections, lost luggage, ride-sharing, hotels, unfamiliar beds, time zones, and climate changes. The phone calls, video chats, and call-you-when-I-gettheres if you’re juggling family life and work life. All can be...Read More »
Let’s take a moment to talk about unspecified pneumonia validation. In certain circumstances a pneumonia can be validated even in the absence of a chest x-ray revealing an acute pulmonary infiltrate, for example, it may be absent on admission in...Read More »
Many outpatient CDI professionals stepped into their roles blind—not knowing where to begin or how to tell if they were successful. However, as programs mature, they need to be able to track their progress for a number of reasons, including focusing physician education and justifying continued...Read More »
By T. Nichole “Niki” Baca BS, BSN, RN, CCDS, and Sydni Johnson RN, BSN
In grade school, your teacher probably asked you to draw pictures of what life in 2020—or some other futuristic-sounding date—would look like. In response, you or your classmates drew things like flying cars,...Read More »