by Carolyn Riel
“When I started here, it was all CC/MCCs we were looking at,” says Peggy Rice, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CDI specialist at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. As the CDI program matured over time, however, its focus shifted to quality...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
Departmental silos are prevalent in the healthcare world and can lead to unvoiced frustrations and counterproductive work. Different organizations have different approaches to breaking down these walls, often through regular interdepartmental meetings or...Read More »
by Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC
The Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting Section I.A.19 titled “Code assignment and Clinical Criteria” says the following:
The assignment of a diagnosis code is based on the provider...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
Your program has been going strong for several years, your staff has grown, and you’ve taken on new responsibilities. However, it can still be difficult to know whether your program is truly “advanced.” Additionally, a program may be advanced in some respects (...Read More »
by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
It’s springtime! Daffodils are sprouting, birds are nesting, and our first quarterly Coding Clinic has arrived. Generally, the first release of the year is packed full of direction, and this issue did not disappoint...Read More »
Lori Dellinger, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, is a CDI specialist at WellSpan Chambersburg in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and a member of the central Pennsylvania ACDIS local chapter. She has been in the CDI field since 2012.
Getting clinical conditions appropriately documented is not a new problem in medicine, especially in pediatrics. This is particularly true for conditions where a universally accepted clinical definition does not exist, such as heart failure for pediatric patients. This has led individual...Read More »