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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 »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »

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 »