“In my current role, I really don’t have an average day,” says Caryl Liptak, MSHAI, RHIA, system director of CDI and coding at Baptist Health System in Louisville, Kentucky, of her day-to-day work in a home health CDI program.
While most traditional inpatient CDI efforts...Read More »
by Amy Sanderson, MD
Cerebral edema and brain compression are the result of significant brain abnormalities that can be life-threatening. It is important for clinicians to recognize and treat these conditions promptly. Properly documenting these diagnoses in the medical record is...Read More »
Like many other non-acute care settings, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) have not been a common setting for CDI department development. While there’s been a small faction of CDI professionals working in SNFs since the beginnings of CDI, the last few months have brought many more programs into...Read More »
by Kay Piper, RHIA, CDIP, CCS
Exciting changes to ICD-10-CM are published in an often-overlooked document called the Addenda. It lists additions, revisions, and deletions to the Alphabetical Index and Tabular List. This might seem mundane until you realize the changes’ potential...Read More »
by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O
As is typical with fourth quarter Coding Clinic releases, this most recent offering mainly contains information about fiscal year (FY) 2020 coding and Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting changes. By now, most CDI...Read More »
Nancy Franciotti, BS, RN, CCDS, is the CDI manager at Inspira Health, which is comprised of three hospitals, a comprehensive cancer center, several multi-specialty health centers, and a total of more than 150 access points. Inspira Health serves southern New Jersey and is opening a brand-new 210...Read More »
The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to reflect on the previous year, reminiscing over good times and bad. As the ACDIS team looks back over 2019 and ahead to 2020, we wanted to take a few moments to remind you of the topics and articles covered last year in the CDI Journal....Read More »
Heather Pautz, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, CDIP, is a CDI specialist at Children’s Wisconsin, and the secretary for the Wisconsin ACDIS local chapter. She has been in CDI for four years.Read More »
