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Q: Most of the hospitals in our system make the query a progress note in the patient’s medical record. The provider puts an “X” by the...Read More »

If a patient is admitted with both gram-negative pneumonia and acute respiratory failure, which should be sequenced as the principal diagnosis?Read More »

When can unconfirmed diagnoses be coded? Are there any exceptions to the guidelines governing code assignment?Read More »

Dawn Valdez RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, joined the ACDIS team officially at the beginning of 2020, as a full-time CDI education...Read More »

Q: Our organization has implemented a workflow to identify social determinants of health (SDOH). The tool is provided to patients at annual visits...Read More »

Q: Upon review of some of my old query formats, I noticed that come of them have a standard statement like the ones below:

• “To
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Alba Kuqi, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CICA, is the CDI supervisor at Prime Healthcare and is currently pursuing her master’s...Read More »

The gyms are crowded this time of year. The first week of January, not so much. Second week of January, traffic picks up. Third week of January,...Read More »

Have you responded yet to the latest physician query survey? This 16-question survey should only take you about five minutes to complete, and will...Read More »

At our organization, we’re struggling to effectively onboard new CDI specialists that have limited prior CDI experience. What vendors, technology...Read More »