Radio Recap: DRG validation: CDI and coding collaboration

“DRG validation can mean many things in many different arenas,” Autumn Reiter, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, director of CDI staffing services at TrustHCS, said on the January 3 episode of ACDIS Radio, “New approaches in DRG validation.” “Essentially, it’s ensuring a correct final code for that encounter. After everything is said and done, that DRG represents that patient encounter, the treatment they received, and basically paints the picture for that patient.”