Guest post: Teaching physicians to “think with ink”

January 12, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 10
ACDIS Guidance, Education

by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS

Several journals recently challenged our proficiency in diagnostic decision-making....Read More »

Tip: Use the OIG Work Plan to focus your CDI efforts

January 11, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, Education, Denials & Appeals

Those who’ve worked in CDI or healthcare compliance for any length of time typically prepare themselves for the annual October release of the OIG'...Read More »

Note from the ACDIS Director: Outpatient query guidance released

January 11, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Physician Queries, Outpatient CDI

By Brian Murphy

Outpatient CDI is a different beast than CDI performed in the inpatient hospital setting. The volume of encounters...Read More »

Local chapter update: Gather more friends for your chapter meetings

January 11, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Whether your local chapter has been around for five years or five minutes, finding new members to participate in networking events can be...Read More »

ACDIS update: Peer into the future of CDI with the newest CDI Journal

January 11, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The beginning of the new year is a time to lookback, but it’s also a time for looking forward—resolutions, goals, predictions. In this spirit,...Read More »

Job Description: Clinical Informaticist Administrator

January 10, 2018
Job Descriptions
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Thanks to Tonya Motsinger, MBA, BSN, RN, for donating the attached job description. She is the system director of CDI at OhioHealth in Columbus.

To read a case study about the informaticist role at OhioHealth,...

Guest post: Exploring the importance of best practices for EHRs, coding guidelines, and queries

January 10, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 8
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

by Crystal Stalter, CDIP, CCS-P, CPC

What is a best practice? Who or what defines it? We hear it talked about all the time, but...Read More »

Tip Card: Adult Hypertension

January 9, 2018
Tip Sheets & Samples
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

This tip card was provided by Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, manager of CDI at Penn State Health in Hershey.

This sample was re-reviewed and approved by the ACDIS Resource Library Committee in 2024. The committee recommends that, should you choose to use this sample, you...

Guest Post: New techniques to improve computer-assisted coding accuracy

January 9, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 7
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

by Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS

Computer-assisted coding (CAC) is to native, manual coding as reading Dickens’ Great...Read More »

ACDIS update: Advisory Board application period open now

January 8, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 2
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management

The 2018 ACDIS Advisory Board...Read More »

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