After a few trial runs, new CDI specialists should be given the opportunity to review records on their own. Before composing any queries during this initial stage, the manager or mentor should review...Read More »
With CDI Week 2017 only 74 days away, it’s time to get planning as to how you’ll show your CDI pride. In the past, CDI programs have taken whole team pictures together, thrown lunch parties, held after-hours get-togethers outside of the office walls, extended thanks to the most helpful...Read More »
Many clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs now look to capture risk-adjusted conditions which help improve the capture of a patient’s severity of illness and risk of mortality regardless of...Read More »
I remember my first day as a new CDI staff member very well. I had been through an extensive interview process—three interviews, a written test, and a meeting with the consulting...Read More »
Those of us who care for critically ill patients intuitively know who will have a long hospital stay and who will die. As such, intensive care unit (ICU) scoring systems based on clinical indicators such as Acute Physiology and Chronic Health...Read More »
Once you have met the two-year minimum work experience requirement required to sit for the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) credential exam, it’s time to study. Start by reviewing ...Read More »
