Q&A: What to do when the first-listed diagnosis changes each day

September 4, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 176
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Q: I was originally taught to do subjective, objective, assessment, and plan notes for a prior job...Read More »

Symposium Spotlight: Creating compliant query practices in outpatient CDI

September 3, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 175
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Rita Fields, BSN, RN, CCDS, recently retired from her role as regional CDI manager at Baptist Health in Louisville, Kentucky, and was named CDI...Read More »

Ask ACDIS: Addressing common concerns about pressure ulcers

September 1, 2018
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5
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Q: Should we be advising our providers to start documenting pressure injury as opposed to pressure ulcer? Or, is it okay to document...Read More »

Q&A: Documenting the principal diagnosis

August 30, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 38
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Q: I have a general question about how providers should list their primary and secondary...Read More »

Q&A: Conflicting documentation of sepsis and bacteremia

August 28, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 171
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Q: I recently was reviewing a chart where the infection control physician stated the patient had...Read More »

Symposium Spotlight: Building an outpatient CDI program in the ED

August 27, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 170
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Autumn Reiter, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, director of CDI services for TrustHCS, based in Springfield, Missouri, will present “Five Pillars for...Read More »

Q&A: Why query for POA status?

August 23, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 37
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Q: What would be the purpose of coding for a POA status of things like a UTI/...Read More »

Meet a Member: After 14 years in the field, this CDI specialist is still learning everyday

August 23, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 37
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Jaime Baker Sherman, RN, BSN, CCDS, is a CDI Quality Oversight Specialist, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) in Iowa City.Read More »

Q&A: Physician documentation related to substance overdoses

August 21, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 166
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Q: What do you suggest the providers write to describe medication/substance overdose? In my...Read More »

Q&A: When sepsis isn’t the principal diagnosis

August 16, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 36
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Q: We recently had a patient who was admitted with sepsis POA and a UTI. When...Read More »

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