Clinical & Coding

Conference conversations: Poster presenters discuss spinal surgery difficulties

May 24, 2018

CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 104

Jennifer Oetinger, RN, BSN, has created a poster entitled “Spinal surgery: Interpretation, opportunities, and coding.” Janet Barber, MBA, BSN, RN...Read More »

Note from the Instructor: Sepsis—stop looking at it as just one set of criteria

May 21, 2018

CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 21

ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Allen Frady, RN-BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC

You hear it all the time: “We only use SIRS,” “I like sepsis-3 because that’s the way I...Read More »

ACDIS Conference Sendoff

May 16, 2018

Ask ACDIS, CDI Management, Clinical & Coding

We're headed to San Antonio next week for the 11th annual conference! With special guests Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton...

Q&A: Querying for pressure ulcer stages

May 17, 2018

CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 20

Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: If the provider documents: “Pressure ulcer with full thickness skin loss...Read More »

News: 2017 JustCoding coder salary survey reveals stagnation and frustration

May 17, 2018

CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 20

Clinical & Coding, News

Approximately 24% of respondents earned a salary in the $40,000-49,000 range, with 18% of respondents earning $39,000 or less and 58% of...Read More »

Book excerpt: Why conduct coding audits

May 17, 2018

CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 20

ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA/CGMA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS

A coding audit may be conducted by internal staff or external entities (...Read More »

ACDIS conference preview: Pediatric surgery

May 10, 2018

CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding

With special guests Valerie A. Bica, RN, BSN, CPN, lead CDI specialist at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, and Leah Savage, RN, MSN...