Several posts ago I mentioned that there was a rant brewing inside of me about clinical validation. Like Dylan Thomas, I often “rage, rage, rage” against many things,...Read More »
According to a 2017 poll on the ACDIS website, 44% of respondents said their CDI team was not involved with denials management or the appeals process and had no plans to get involved in the...Read More »
The TRIC tactic to queries provides a quick and systematic approach that ensures the necessary components of the query are present and displayed in a compliant manner to the provider. TRIC is the acronym that stands for these four...Read More »
While the ACDIS offices are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday until Monday, November 26, the ACDIS team wanted to spread some holiday cheer with some “helpful” Thanksgiving coding tips.Read More »
It’s often a challenge for CDI specialists to obtain precise documentation of anemia in the medical record. A hospitalist once asked me why I sent him a query for anemia because since he would treat it the same way no matter what, he...Read More »
You’ve certainly heard the phrase, “timing is everything.” Turns out that like most age-old aphorisms, this one’s mostly true, whether you’re talking about relationships or hand grenades.
