Q: Do you know of any recommended benchmarks or targets we should be hitting? For example...Read More »
Q: Payers have been pushing back when a diagnosis appears in the discharge summary and not...Read More »
Q: Our CDI specialists tend to ask questions that provide the physician with multiple...Read More »
Q: As manager of data integrity I oversee my facility’s CDI program. Can you recommend...Read More »
Q: Do you code the procedure for tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administration when it is done in your...Read More »
Q: A patient with a urinary tract infection appeared septic, and she also fit the criteria...Read More »
Q: I am a case manager on a cardiac step-down unit. Our work focuses primarily on specific disease management and...Read More »
Q: We have a new CDI program with a huge learning curve. I am an RN in a CDI position. There are many things to ask, but...Read More »
Q: We have been educated by our coding staff not to use the residents’ notes except as a guideline. They have said that they can only code...Read More »
