Of the 4,840 short-term acute care hospitals in the United States, 3,231 of them were part of a hospital system in 2016, according to the American Hospital Association. Though the 2017 data has yet to be released, one might naturally assume the number would increase, as every day seems to bring...Read More »
Many local chapter leaders volunteer due to a sense of excitement about the CDI profession and a desire to learn and network with other CDI professionals. Others simply have a desire to give back.
Regardless, for ACDIS local chapters and networking groups to thrive, each organization...Read More »
By Julie Geiger, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP
Data in CDI reports should demonstrate the depth of work performed as well as productivity elements. I want to share my experience of personalizing data fields in our CDI software to fully demonstrate our CDI team’s impact beyond moving the DRG...Read More »
By Cesar M. Limjoco, MD
Many CDI and coding professionals continue to be confused about the proper selection of principal diagnosis (PDX) for an inpatient encounter. Back in 2001, I wrote “The Principles of Inpatient Coding: Principal Diagnosis (PDX) and Other Diagnosis (ODX),.”...Read More »
Q: I have a number of questions related to strokes, but essentially, can you describe the clinical definitions of stroke and explain what CDI professionals should be looking for in the medical record?Read More »
For many surgeons, “surgical precision” doesn’t just describe their specificity and prowess in the operating room; it often describes their personality as well. Their fine-tuned accuracy is a point of pride not only in the surgical theater, but in everything they do.Read More »
CDI professionals know the situation well. They do excellent work in one area and then are asked to take on additional roles as a result. If they made a difference with X, why can’t they do the same for Y?Read More »
by Allen Frady, RN-BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
More than a decade ago, I received a claim from patient financial services with a denial due to an “incorrect code.” The patient was pre-certified through the insurance company for a femoral popliteal bypass graft. We correctly coded the...Read More »