The COVID-19 pandemic has caused travel restrictions, shelter-in-place and self-quarantine orders, reduced hospital censuses, and job losses. The surge of the disease hit the east coast of the United States in March and April 2020, just as many ACDIS local chapters were gearing up for their...Read More »
by Lucia Skipwith Lilien, RN, CCDS, CDIP, C-CDI, CP-DAM
Our CDI program is a very old one. We first started in 2002 when it was called “concurrent coding” and when leukocytosis was a CC. For quite a few years, there was a struggle to find a home for our group. We started in case...Read More »
There’s something big happening in the world right now. Everyone knows about it, and it seems as though everyone is affected by it. Everywhere you turn you see new updates and never a scarcity of differing opinions. But what no one can argue is that it will change...Read More »
We are trying to reduce the number of queries to providers because we know they are overwhelmed with trying to handle COVID-19. We are only sending queries if there is a change in DRG, SOI/ROM, or if the diagnosis is listed on 2020 Pocket Guide comorbidity list. I would like a second opinion on...Read More »
