Q&A: Coming to terms with the clinical/coding language disconnect

February 2, 2012
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 3
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Q&A: How to resolve DRG confusion

January 26, 2012
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 3
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Q: Confession. I am very frustrated. I am fairly new to CDI. I have a nursing background. I’m trying to understand how the coding and DRG...Read More »

Q&A: Proper sequencing of heart failure with hypertensive heart/kidney disease

January 19, 2012
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 2
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Q: I have a question regarding sequencing. I would usually have sequenced 428.21 (heart failure) as principal diagnosis, but I...Read More »

Q&A: When is it appropriate to query for aspiration pneumonia?

January 5, 2012
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 1
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Ask ACDIS: Including functional quadriplegia definitions on query forms

January 1, 2012
CDI Journal - Volume 6, Issue 1
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Q: Is it okay to include a definition of “functional quadriplegia” when we query the physician for this condition? I was...Read More »

Q&A: Choosing the most appropriate principal diagnosis

December 28, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 61
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Q: A 79-year-old male nursing home patient presents with lethargy, confusion, and fever after failing an outpatient course of Bactrim for...Read More »

Q&A: ’Suggestive’ documentation could require clarification

December 22, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 27
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Q&A: Making present-on-admission queries part of the record

December 1, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 25
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Q&A: Incorporating CDI efforts in the outpatient arena

November 17, 2011
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 57
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Q: Do you recommend carving out time for outpatient [documentation] review, or dedicating someone to this role?

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Q&A: Post-surgical complication of encephalopathy

November 10, 2011
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 24
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Can a patient have encephalopathy after a surgery? For example, a patient post surgery becomes confused and ends up being transferred from the...Read More »

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