Q&A: Choosing sample cases for a coding audit

June 5, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 112
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I'm in charge of a coding audit for our department for the first time and...Read More »

Q&A: Understanding the risk adjustment index

May 31, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 25
Ask ACDIS, Quality & Regulatory

Q: The risk adjustment index is still not very clear to me. What are indexed...Read More »

Q&A: Standardizing a coding query process

May 29, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 107
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Our coding department doesn't have a standard query process. How can...Read More »

Conference conversations: Denials data and how to use it for outpatient endeavors

May 25, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 105
Ask ACDIS, Education, Denials & Appeals, Outpatient CDI

Vinita Magoon, DO, JD, MBA, MPH, CMQ, presented a poster at the 2018 ACDIS Conference entitled “Using denial data to improve outpatient...Read More »

Conference conversations: Poster presenters discuss spinal surgery difficulties

May 24, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 104
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Jennifer Oetinger, RN, BSN, has created a poster entitled “Spinal surgery: Interpretation, opportunities, and coding.” Janet Barber, MBA, BSN, RN...Read More »

Conference conversations: Poster presenters share process for query response rate improvement

May 23, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 23
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Editor's note: Kerry Termaat, RN, MSM, CCDS, is the supervisor of CDI at ProHealth Care—Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Termaat...Read More »

Conference conversations: Poster presenter talks interdepartmental collaboration

May 23, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 103
Ask ACDIS, Education

Jessica Barbeiro, BS, RN, CPC, CCM, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, will be presenting a poster at the 2018 ACDIS Conference entitled “Collaborate with case...Read More »

ACDIS Conference Sendoff

May 16, 2018
Ask ACDIS, CDI Management, Clinical & Coding

We're headed to San Antonio next week for the 11th annual conference! With special guests Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton...

Q&A: Querying for pressure ulcer stages

May 17, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 20
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: If the provider documents: “Pressure ulcer with full thickness skin loss...Read More »

Q&A: Standardizing a coding query process

May 17, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 99
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: Our coding department doesn't have a standard query process. How can...Read More »

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