Great leaders in the CDI industry have immense passion and are crystal clear on the overriding purpose of their organization’s work. We are naturally drawn to leaders who are both energized and serious about their work.
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As the healthcare industry moves to value-based payment programs, the dollars are tighter and the need for collaboration among clinicians, Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) specialists, and coders grows
In some respects, the hurdles facing clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program managers/directors mirror those of CDI staff. Like staff, these leaders strive for physician engagement, juggle competing...
As CDI professionals increasingly interrogate the medical record for documentation regarding a host of complicated measures along with DRG assurance, concurrent coding efforts aim to more closely align CDI and coding in real time, allowing each member of the team to...
Like all reporting structures, CMS updates its Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) list each year. Recently, version 23 was released, and it contains some notable additions that CDI professionals—whether inpatient or outpatient—must be aware of.
ICD-10 codes change every year. So do the rules governing code assignment. Regardless of experience level, taking a closer look at the clinical documentation and indicators needed to qualify a diagnosis as a comorbid condition (CC) or a major CC (MCC) MUST be an annual exercise to ensure that...
Today, improved productivity associated with electronic health records and electronic query systems (e-queries) provide clinical documentation improvement programs the flexibility and supportive data to...
