As part of the 13th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Leyna Belcher, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, answered these questions. She is a member of the ACDIS Furthering Education Committee....Read More »
As part of the 13th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Maricus Gibbs, PhD, RN, CDI specialist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, answered these...Read More »
As part of the 13th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Ashley Wells,MN, CMSRN, RN, CCDS, CDI consultant with Medovent Solutions in Dallas, Texas,...Read More »
As part of the 13th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Jeanne Johnson, RN, BSN, MHA-Informatics, CCDS, director of clinical documentation and coding integrity for Premier Health,...Read More »
Q:Can you please weigh in on urinary stent insertion? Our coding department states that a query is needed to determine if the urinary stent is for drainage or dilation. From my own clinical perspective, a urinary stent would typically be placed for dilation...Read More »
As part of the upcoming 13th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Alyce Reavis, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI auditing coordinator at Evangelical Community Hospital in...Read More »
Q: Regarding TAVR DRG 267 versus 266: Our providers wonder why so many TAVR procedures go to the 267 DRG without an MCC. I would like to know if other facilities that perform TAVRs get many cases to 266 DRG with an MCC, and if so, what are the top MCCs captured? Providers routinely...Read More »
