Q: I’ve heard lately that outpatient CDI specialists are less likely to be registered nurses. Is there a reason there may be more coders in this arena?
A: While many outpatient CDI specialists do hold an RN credential, there are good reasons for having...Read More »
Every year, facilities across the country celebrate the efforts of their CDI teams for one week in September. Though ACDIS believes CDI professionals deserve accolades throughout the year, CDI Week is a time to pull out all the stops.
This year’s festivities take place September 18-22 and...Read More »
Once the patient is discharged, it is the coding team’s time to shine. If the hospitals’ providers and clinicians have an electronic health record (EHR) that uses natural language processing (NLP)...Read More »
Summer is finally here! It’s been a long-time coming for New Englanders! I contrast the abundance of this wonderful, although too brief, season with all the enhanced CDI insight and transition to current practice.Read More »
Long before ICD-10-CM/PCS became a focus, working as a clinical documentation improvement (CDI) manager to improve physician progress and/or operative notes was a challenge—doctors either got it or they didn’t. But as the transition from...Read More »
Q: What guidance do you have for building a denial management team?
A: As with any team, it is important to have the right players working together with identified roles and responsibilities established for each. The members of the denials management team...Read More »
