Talking denials and appeals, with special guests Timothy N. Brundage, MD, CCDS, medical director of the Brundage Group, and Brett Hoggard, MD, chief medical...
ICD-10 codes change every year. So do the rules governing code assignment. Regardless of experience level, taking a closer look at the clinical documentation and indicators needed to qualify a diagnosis as a comorbid condition (CC) or a major CC (MCC) MUST be an annual exercise to ensure that...
Rebecca Robbins Willcutt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC, and Mary M. Rogers, CRC, CPC, COC, CCS present “Is Your Outpatient Query Process Compliant?...Read More »
Rita Fields, BSN, RN, CCDS, recently retired from her role as regional CDI manager at Baptist Health in Louisville, Kentucky, and was named CDI...Read More »
When Susan A. Carrier, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CPC, went to school at Northeastern University in Massachusetts to become a nurse, the role of CDI...Read More »
Training new CDI staff members is a big job that often takes several months to conclude, but the end of orientation doesn’t mean that staff...Read More »
