2017 CDI Week Q&A: CDI Expansion

September 18, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 42
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion

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

2017 CDI Week Q&A: Career Advancement

September 17, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 41
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

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

2017 CDI Week FAQs

September 14, 2017
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Q&A: Coding a history of ESRD

September 14, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 40
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: In a case where the patient has a history of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) documented, why would ESRD be...Read More »

Q&A: Credentialing for outpatient CDI

September 14, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 130
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

Q: I’ve heard lately that outpatient CDI specialists are less likely to be registered nurses. Is there a reason there may be more coders...Read More »

CDI Week: A national week of professional recognition

September 13, 2017
Ask ACDIS

Join us for a sneak preview of CDI Week 2017! With guests Melissa Varnavas, Associate Editor Director, ACDIS, and Linnea Achibald, CDI Editor, ACDIS.

Q&A: Appropriately reporting pulmonary edema, CHF, and sepsis

September 7, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 39
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We’ve been having a CDI discussion in regards to the following...Read More »

Q&A: Receiving query responses from providers

September 7, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 125
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: Our hospital is having a hard time getting our physicians to respond to queries, do you have any suggestions on how to get them to...Read More »

Book excerpt: Build an appeal response team

August 31, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 38
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Denials & Appeals

By Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS

Before the first word of an appeal is ever written, review the denial chart thoroughly...Read More »

Q&A: Primary, principal, and secondary diagnoses

August 31, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 38
Ask ACDIS

Q: Sometimes I confuse the secondary diagnosis for the primary diagnosis. Do you have any tips for me to help me discern better...Read More »

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