Q&A: Congenital conditions and outpatient billing

July 9, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 98
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Q: I’m doing a pilot program related to missed query opportunities in ED cases and I have a question about...Read More »

Q&A: Home health documentation FAQs

July 3, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 95
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Industry expert Joe Osentoski reimbursement recovery and appeals director at Quality in Real Time (QIRT) in Troy, Michigan, answered a few...Read More »

Ask ACDIS: Sepsis FAQs

July 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 4
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Q: I’ve heard that, due to the inflammatory response related to septic tissue, perfusion will decrease, and hyperlactatemia and mottling...Read More »

Q&A: CMI and surgical cases

June 27, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 28
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Q: I’ve heard that when the volume of surgical cases is flat, any movement in the CMI...Read More »

Q&A: Sequencing metastasized lung cancer

June 25, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 92
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Q: We recently had a patient come in with bilateral shoulder pain and numbness. The patient also had...Read More »

Q&A: Vasodilator therapy and cardiorenal syndrome

June 20, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 27
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Q: I’ve been told that vasodilator therapy can be used to preserve renal function, but I’m...Read More »

Q&A: Sepsis physiology versus a sepsis diagnosis

June 13, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 26
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Q: We recently had a patient who became hypoxic during their hospitalization, with oxygen...Read More »

FY 2020 IPPS proposed rule

June 12, 2019
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With special guests Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS, physician advisor for CDI at Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida, and Candace Blankenship, RN, BSN, CCDS,...

Q&A: Querying for substance consumption with clinical indicators

June 11, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 88
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Q: I’ve heard that the provider should identify the level of substance consumption. For provider...Read More »

Q&A: Causative organisms as CC/MCCs

June 6, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 25
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Q: I’ve been told that in most cases codes for viral causative organisms, B95-97, will not add...Read More »

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