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As part of the tenth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety...Read More »

Would trace/mild/moderate regurgitation be an example of a diagnosis that does not need to be treated?Read More »

Can you please clarify these 3 areas in the DRG Expert for me? Inclusion notes Exclussion1 notes Exclussion2 notes and how that translates in the...Read More »

Q: What’s the best way to approach CDI rounding with providers? We are considering implementing this practice and are looking at...Read More »

I am looking for clarification on two seemingly contradictory statements. One says when a practitioner documents a diagnosis that does not seem...Read More »

​Q: If an echocardiogram shows a type of trace/mild/moderate regurgitation, is that enough to query for that diagnosis? Or is...Read More »

Can you please discuss right heart failure and its relationship to pulmonary hypertension instead of diastolic heart failure. For example,...Read More »

When I was trained as a new CDI specialist, I was told that I could query for hyponatremia with two low sodium (NA) values as a clinical indicator...Read More »

​Q: When is it appropriate to code both flash or acute pulmonary edema and acute on chronic heart failure (diastolic,...Read More »

Our facility has adopted a systemwide definition of sepsis (based on Sepsis-3) and we’re having success with educating most providers. Some of our...Read More »