On October 21, 2020, the ACDIS Podcast: Talking CDI hosted Jennifer Eaton, RN, MSN, CCDS, executive director of CDI services and education at Enjoin...Read More »
My organizations is considering implementing a pay scale for CDI specialists based on whether they hold the CCDS certification or not, but are not sure how much of an increase to implement. What are some possible examples of how to do it or what the increase should be?Read More »
When two conditions are both present on admission, both meet definition to be the principal diagnosis, and are “equally treated,” my understanding is that the condition does not have to be "equally treated" in the sense of duration/frequency. Can you provide the actual verbiage of the coding...Read More »
Is your CDI team going back to onsite work or staying remote even after the COVID-19 crisis has subsided? How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected your CDI department for the long run? Read More »
My organization has received three denials for the diagnosis of severe calorie malnutrition based on the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria. All three denials came from the same small insurance company. We don’t use GLIM criteria at our organization currently. Should we...Read More »
If the medical record includes documentation of the dietitian recommending the administration of Glucerna, Ensure, etc., can we capture that? Even if the recommendation was never ordered or given? Or does it have to be an actual treatment that was both ordered and done?Read More »
What actions do CDI teams take when staff receive “unable to clinically determine” responses to queries? Some physicians may use this as an easy query “out” versus addressing the clinical question and we are seeing some repeat offenders. We started tracking and presenting these to our physician...Read More »
