News: Fourth universal definition of MI published

August 30, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 38
Clinical & Coding, News

As expected, the...Read More »

News: Study offers surgical guidelines for preventing CAUTIs

August 30, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 38
Clinical & Coding, News

A new study offers evidence-based guidelines for urinary catheter use in common surgeries to prevent CAUTIs.Read More »

Q&A: Documenting the principal diagnosis

August 30, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 38
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

Q: I have a general question about how providers should list their primary and secondary...Read More »

4th Universal Definition of MI

August 29, 2018
Clinical & Coding, News

With special guest James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, president of CDIMD-Physician Champions, a Nashville-based group of physicians, coders, and clinicians engaged nationwide...

Q&A: Conflicting documentation of sepsis and bacteremia

August 28, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 171
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I recently was reviewing a chart where the infection control physician stated the patient had...Read More »

Query: Diagnosis validation

August 24, 2018
Query Forms
Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

This sample query for diagnosis validation was provided by Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, manager of CDI at Penn State Health in Hershey.

This sample has been reviewed and approved by the Resource

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Query: Clinical support

August 24, 2018
Query Forms
Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

This sample query for clinical support was provided by Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, manager of CDI at Penn State Health in Hershey.

This sample has been reviewed and approved by the Resource Library Committee in 2024. The committee

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Tip: Sepsis innovations for earlier detection, decreased mortality rates

August 23, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 37
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, News

The...Read More »

News: Hospital readmissions down for stroke patients

August 23, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 37
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

The 30-day hospital readmission rate for stroke patients declined by an annual average of 3.3% from 2010 to 2014,...Read More »

News: EHR alerts result in fewer complications, lower readmissions, costs, study finds

August 23, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 37
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

Certain decision support alerts built into hospital EHR systems can lower costs, readmissions, and complications for patients, according to a new...Read More »

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