I bet I can speak for many of us who work in CDI and have had the experience of being a patient, as I did during my recent cardiac procedure—I knew the diagnosis that would be coded, the principal diagnosis, and the relative weight of the DRG...Read More »
In the CDI profession, departments often are asked to wear multiple “hats” to help their organization’s financial and quality goals. Similarly, within a CDI department, there are many responsibilities and roles needed to achieve the program’s goals outside of...Read More »
In most institutions and departments, staff meetings are seen as a time where the attendees are just supposed to attend, pay attention, listen to a report on their team’s progress, learn about new developments that will challenge...Read More »
Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the provider would document the medical conditions of the patient on orange-colored, paper-thin, double-copied attestation sheets. These conditions were submitted to the insurance company only...Read More »
Kerri Swart, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, is the CDI director at Upstate University Health System and is associated with the ACDIS Central New York local chapter. She has been in the CDI field for four and a half years.Read More »
If you had told me when I started working with ACDIS in January 2017 that I would one day not only cohost a podcast but also produce, edit, and love doing it, I would have laughed at the idea. But here we are, at the end of 2023, and the ACDIS...Read More »
Nearly 30,000 patients may have undergone an atherectomy procedure too soon or possibly even unnecessarily, according to a new ProPublica data analysis. Consulted experts said...Read More »
CMS released its January 2024 HCPCS Level II code update on December 7, outlining 344 new and 74 discontinued codes. The code changes mentioned in this update will become effective...Read More »
