Q&As

Patricia King-Musser, DNP, BSN, RN, CCDS, senior director of CDI for Geisinger Health System based in Danville, Pennsylvania, answered these questions. She is a member of the central Pennsylvania ACDIS and AAPC local chapters and of the 2021 ACDIS Furthering Education Committee.

Jeanne Johnson, RN, BSN, MHA, INF, director of clinical documentation at Premier Health in Dayton, Ohio, answered these questions.

Leyna Belcher, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, is the enterprise system CDI educator at WVU Medicine in Carroll, Ohio, answered these questions.

Keisha Downes, BSN, RN, CCDS, director of CDI at Wellsforce in Braintree, Massachusetts, answered these questions.

Brandi Hutcheson, RN, MSN, CCM, CCDS, a remote CDI specialist at Community Health Systems in Franklin, Tennessee, answered these questions.

Peggy Rice, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CDI specialist at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah, and a member of the 2020 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions. 

Brian Simpson, MS, RRT, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CRC, a CDI specialist at Penn Highlands Healthcare in DuBois, Pennsylvania, a member of the Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter, and a member of the 2020 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions. 

Audrey Murray, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDI specialist at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Humble, Texas, a member of the 2020 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions.

Doris Mollenkopf, MBA, BA, CPC, CRC, CCDS-O, CDI and risk adjustment specialist at Clinicas del Camino Real in Valencia, California, and a member of the 2020 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions. 

Lori Dellinger, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, a CDI specialist at WellSpan Health Summit in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, a member of the Central Pennsylvania chapter of ACDIS, and a member of the 2020 CDI Week Committee, answered these questions.