Q&A: Improving documentation of medical necessity

October 23, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 210
Ask ACDIS, Quality & Regulatory

Q: How can we help our physicians improve their documentation of medical necessity?Read More »

Q&A: Pre-admission temperature readings as clinical indicators

October 18, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 50
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: If the patient reports an elevated temperature at home, can we use that towards reporting...Read More »

Q&A: Payer sepsis criteria

October 16, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 205
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals

Q: What sepsis criteria does CMS prefer people use? Do other insurance plans let you know which...Read More »

Q&A: Querying for sepsis in a narcotic overdose patient

October 11, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 49
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a patient who met criteria for sepsis, but they also...Read More »

Q&A: Facility-specific sepsis criteria

October 9, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 200
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Denials & Appeals

Q: Is it a best practice for a hospital to get a consensus within their own facility to use one...Read More »

Ask the CCDS Coordinator: How long does it take to process an application?

October 4, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 48
Ask ACDIS, Education

Q: How long will it take to process my application for the CCDS exam? I’m...Read More »

Q&A: Principal diagnosis selection for a patient with CKD, ARF

October 2, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 196
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Our team is having a hard time determining a principal diagnosis for a patient with a history of stage 5...Read More »

Q&A: Documentation of CKD and ESRD

September 27, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 47
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: If physician documents Stage 5 CKD and ESRD on peritoneal dialysis, do I...Read More »

CDI dream team

September 26, 2018
Ask ACDIS, CDI Management

With special guests Pauline O’Dowd, RN, BSc, CCRN, CCDS, CDIP, managing director of CDI at Huron Healthcare in Chicago, IL, and Gerri Birg, MSN, RN, CCDS, the...

Meet a Member: CDI specialist loves seeing the world, learning new things

September 26, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 192
Ask ACDIS, Education

Maryanne Baer-Hines, RN, MSN, CCDS, is a CDI specialist at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), which is part of the Yale New Haven Health Systems, and...Read More »

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