Getting CDI specialists involved in the outpatient arena, including the emergency department (ED), outpatient surgery, and provider offices, provides important benefits to downstream documentation and coding accuracy. However, CDI programs...
Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, and Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
A new focus on accurate outpatient diagnosis coding has emerged, leaving providers and coders debating whether or not they should assign a diagnosis code for coexisting...
Carrie Horn, MSHA, BBA, RN, CNOR, CCDS, and Mary Carol Brouwer, MSHA, BSN, RN, CCDS
Find out how Spectrum Health created and sustained an outpatient CDI program through collaboration with inpatient CDI. In this session, you’ll hear the challenges of two teams working together...
Susan A. Carrier, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CPC, and Karen Frosch, CCS, CCDS, CRC, CPHQ
Hear how Christiana Care Hospital developed a viable ambulatory CDI program from initial concept to the present day. Our speakers will share their development timeline, analytics used, results to...
It may be difficult to convince leadership of the need for an ambulatory CDI program when budgets are tight. If you are starting an ambulatory CDI program or contemplating doing so, this session is for you. You’ll hear how Novant Health...
This sample outpatient CDI review process was provided by Tamara Hicks, RN, BSN, MHA, CCS, CCDS, ACM, the director of clinical documentation excellence at Wake Forest Baptist Health in
