CDI Expansion

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...

Michael Gao, MD

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...

Vaughn Matacale, MD, CCDS
Christopher Evans, MD, MPH

ECU Health has developed a multitiered approach to improve comorbidity capture as part of a CDI initiative across its nine hospitals in eastern North Carolina. This session will describe the development, implementation,...

Amy Bush, BS, RN, MJ, CCDS, CCS
Jeff Morris, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS

While often viewed as a component of the larger adult CDI world, pediatric CDI has its own identity. Pediatric clinical and coding nuances differ from their adult counterparts, often necessitating CDI subject...