Conference Materials

Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP
In this interactive presentation, participants will be asked to list the general tasks associated with the CDI role and discuss the necessary skills to accomplish these tasks. Next, participants will discuss how these skills were obtained and how...

Robert J. Stein, MD, FCCP, CCDS

In this era of value-based purchasing, accurate capture of respiratory failure not only impacts accurate MS-DRG assignment, but also CMS pay-for-performance claims-based outcomes such as mortality, readmission, and patient safety measures. This...

Robert S. Gold, MD

Every day CDI specialists and coding professionals struggle with the question: Is this a complication or an expected outcome of surgery? With an increase in publicly reported physician and hospital data, accurately reporting complications is vital to the...

Michael D. Teague, MD, SFHM, CCDS

This session will provide detailed clinical criteria used to diagnose complex medical conditions that are frequently underreported. A boardcertified, Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine physician will guide you through clinical vignettes to arrive...

Mary McGrady, MSN, RN, CCDS, CRCR; Briggs Strelow, MD, CCDS; Irina Zusman, RHIA, CCS, CCDS

Working in a large academic medical center provides the opportunity to code procedures that are on the forefront of the medical field. The link between coding and CDI is becoming stronger,...

John C. Alexander Jr., MD, MBA; James P. Fee, MD, CCS, CCDS; Garry L. Huff, MD, CCS, CCDS; Adriane K. Martin, DO, FACOS; George W. Wood, MD

This panel presentation will explore the charged topic of how to best communicate with and educate your medical staff regarding coding and...

Timothy N. Brundage, MD, CCDS

This session will focus on the top 15 hospital-based medical diagnoses and their need for specific documentation under ICD-10. These diagnoses and their clinical criteria will be reviewed. The session will also discuss how good CDI practice supports...

Donald M. Blanton, MD, MS, FACEP

Your admitting physician's H&P and discharge summary may not contain all the diagnoses of even the most severely acute illnesses—there may be disappearing diagnoses in the emergency department record. This session will discuss how to review...

Vaughn M. Matacale, MD; C. Njeri Njuguna, MS, RDN, LDN; Ashley W. Strickland, RDN, LDN, CNSC

The diagnosis of malnutrition impacts nearly all aspects of pay-forperformance, direct quality, and financial measures. The new definitions require historical and examination criteria...

Susan Edamala, RN, MSN, CCRN; Karl Kochendorfer, MD, FAAFP

Learn how one CDI program created a successful query process utilizing three key strategies. Review a case study presentation using this method with supporting data demonstrating a sustained change in the query response...