FEATURES 5 Breaking into the CDI ranks 10 Case study: Quality specialists 18 An eye toward continued competency 38 Case study: Developing...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
I can’t be the only one who gets the urge to totally reinvent parts of my life at the beginning of a new year. Something about an empty 12-month calendar stretched before me invites dreams of new hobbies, healthier habits, and the like. As I’ve said in past...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
Because CDI sits at the crossroads of many healthcare departments, people reach it by way of many roads. How a CDI professional got to their current position involves a unique story of background skills, experiences, and past roles.
by Kim Conner, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O
A great deal of change has occurred over the past three years in healthcare, and every organization nationally is feeling the financial burden in the wake of COVID-19 and recent natural disasters. CDI departments are stretched thin, pressured...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
As traditional CDI specialists review and query to improve clinical documentation on the front end with concurrent reviews, other roles in a CDI department strive to improve the capture of quality measures, often working retrospectively after the patient has been...Read More »
by Laura Roberts, BSN, RN, CCDS
If I have learned anything among the changes and challenges of the last few years, it’s that we as CDI professionals must be willing to stretch past our comfort zones. Given that many of us come from nursing backgrounds, we are usually willing to...Read More »
by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
DRGs 981, 982, 983, 987, 988, and 989 are “funky.” They encompass encounters in which the operating room (OR) procedure is unrelated to the principal diagnosis. I call them funky because it should be rare that you group to them...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
The role of a CDI professional is not something to “set and forget.” Even after the orientation period is over, the learning never stops. There’s always a need to reevaluate strengths and weaknesses and work on filling knowledge gaps. But this constant learning...Read More »
