Road blocks to accurate coding: OCG vs. UHDDS

May 15, 2019
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With guest and co-host Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI education specialist for ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. Allen teaches clinical documentation improvement boot camps...

Q&A: Using codes Z21 and B20 for HIV patients

May 14, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 73
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Q: I have a question about coding HIV and HIV-related illnesses. If a physician documents a patient...Read More »

Q&A: ARDS FAQs

May 10, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 71
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Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, answered these questions after the May...Read More »

Q&A: Prior information and validation in query efforts

May 9, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 19
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Q: Our facility asks CDI specialists to look-back six months in previous records for clinical...Read More »

Q&A: HACs

May 2, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 18
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Q: I have a question about code T83.512, Nephrostomy tube catheter associated...Read More »

Conference conversations: Developing essential CDI management skills

May 2, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 18
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Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, CDI education director at HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts, presents the...Read More »

Meet a Member: When stepping into leadership, seek reliable mentors

May 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 3
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Lakeyshia Moore, MBA, RHIA, is the senior director of coding and reimbursement at Texas Health Resources in Arlington, Texas. She...Read More »

Q&A: In what instance is flexion a complication?

April 30, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 65
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Q: I’ve heard that flexion can be a complication, but I’m not sure how that could be. Could you...Read More »

Q&A: Coding gangrene in a patient with a history of diabetes

April 25, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 17
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Q: We recently had a patient with a history of diabetes admitted with...Read More »

Conference conversations: A first-time attendee’s experience at the ACDIS Conference

April 22, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 60
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The 2018 event was Jessica Barbeiro's first time attending an ACDIS conference, so the ACDIS team caught up with her afterwards to hear a bit...Read More »

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