The healthcare industry has evolved over the past year with ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation, new controversial clinical definitions, expansion beyond the traditional acute care hospital scope, and further developments in quality and performance-based initiatives. The success of CDI in this rapidly changing landscape requires CDI professionals to work across disciplines, “in concert” with other departments, and across the continuum of care to achieve the best outcomes with their documentation reviews.
As part of the sixth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
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