Q&A: Osteomyelitis versus cellulitis

September 25, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 191
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Is there a difference between osteomyelitis and cellulitis? And if so, do I need to query the...Read More »

CDI Week 2018 Q&A: Physician engagement

September 19, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 187
Ask ACDIS, Education

As part of the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a...Read More »

CDI Week 2018 Q&A: CDI and technology

September 18, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 186
Ask ACDIS, Policies & Procedures

As part of the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a...Read More »

Q&A: Querying for CKD stage without a baseline creatinine

September 13, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 40
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a patient come in with acute kidney injury (AKI). The...Read More »

Meet a Member: No other job she’d rather have

September 12, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 182
Ask ACDIS, Education

Sharon Giovanni, RN, CCDS, LNC, is a CDI specialist at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.Read More »

Q&A: Denials for encephalopathy

September 6, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 39
Ask ACDIS, Denials & Appeals, Quality & Regulatory

Q: We are receiving denials on the grounds that encephalopathy must be...Read More »

Q&A: What to do when the first-listed diagnosis changes each day

September 4, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 176
Ask ACDIS, Education

Q: I was originally taught to do subjective, objective, assessment, and plan notes for a prior job...Read More »

Symposium Spotlight: Creating compliant query practices in outpatient CDI

September 3, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 175
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Rita Fields, BSN, RN, CCDS, recently retired from her role as regional CDI manager at Baptist Health in Louisville, Kentucky, and was named CDI...Read More »

Ask ACDIS: Addressing common concerns about pressure ulcers

September 1, 2018
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 5
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Should we be advising our providers to start documenting pressure injury as opposed to pressure ulcer? Or, is it okay to document...Read More »

Q&A: Documenting the principal diagnosis

August 30, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 38
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

Q: I have a general question about how providers should list their primary and secondary...Read More »

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