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Despite significant strides, pediatric CDI still confronts unique hurdles, including systems and technologies originally designed for adult patients and the absence of standardized terminology and clinical indicators specific to children’s illnesses. In response, leaders in the field are...
Judy Moreau, MBA, RN, BSN
Andrea J. Eastwood, MSA, RHIA
Incorporating CDI technology functionality into daily workflows can help improve clinical documentation and maintain the performance of a CDI program. Through tangible examples, attendees of this session will learn how...
DRG reconciliation ensures coding accuracy and compliance, establishes a better working relationship between CDI and coding, and increases an organization’s case-mix index and CDI...
Jorde Spitler, BSN, RN, CCDS, Rachelle Musselman, BSN, RN, CCDS, and Kelly Blankenship, DO
The CDI team at Dayton Children’s implemented an in-depth CDI review of inpatient pediatric behavioral health records, revealing a unique area of opportunity. According to the DRG data the...
Leveraging the latest tools and techniques, accurate and thorough documentation can play a pivotal role in ensuring positive health outcomes for mothers. This session will provide an in-depth look at the critical aspects of obstetrics and...
Amy Sanderson, MD, Wendy Arafiles, MD, and Sheilah Snyder, MD
The field of pediatric critical illness is full of descriptive terms that may not easily translate to diagnosis codes. The use of nonspecific terms can create challenges for CDI specialists and coding professionals...
McLaren Health Care’s CDI program is mature, encompassing both concurrent and pre-bill reviews, but still, the organization was outmatched by payers who could leverage multiple review levels to recoup every possible dollar. To address the problem, CDI leadership...
Sandra H. Love, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CPC
Joy Bombay, MSN, MHA, CCDS
The pediatric population is not just little adults—not clinically, and not when it comes to CDI and coding. The stark differences mean CDI programs need to develop a specific pediatric focus, rather than...
