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Q: Does anyone have any proposal examples of inpatient CDI team expansion they'd be willing to share? I am working on putting one...Read More »

Q: At our institution, we currently operate under an eight-hour workday for five days a week. We are looking to change this status to...Read More »

Q: We are in the process of moving our CDI department to a remote work environment. The department is not new to this as we...Read More »

One of the biggest benefits of Council membership is that it opens opportunities for collaboration and networking between members. While you can...Read More »

ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis....Read More »

Q: How does one appropriately capture severity for mortality of a newborn when it has been determined prior to birth that the newborn...Read More »

Q: Should we query for D68.69, Other thrombophilia, for every patient with atrial fibrillation (AF) on a long-term anticoagulant?...Read More »

Kenzi Brooks, CCS, CRC, CPC, COC, CCDS-O, is an outpatient CDI specialist at WVU Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia. She has been in CDI since...Read More »

Q: What have been the most common queries for pediatric sepsis that providers encounter? In other words, what criteria should coders...Read More »

Q: What is your take on differential diagnoses? From The Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, it looks like they are...Read More »