Did you know that while an average of 2.38 solar eclipses happen each year, a single location will be in the path of totality only once approximately every 375 years? For a little...Read More »
No one jumps straight into CDI when they join the workforce, and for good reason. The crossover of two very different skill sets (clinical and coding), the lack of linear pathing to and within the career, and the confidence required for CDI advocacy and education...Read More »
by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
Perhaps because the profession of CDI is derived from so many disciplines (including coding, HIM, and clinical expertise) and supports so many efforts (such as risk adjustment, quality measure reporting, population health,...Read More »
Fights happen. On the playground. In the classroom. In the kitchen. Conflict is a normal part of the human experience; however, when a final DRG and a working DRG get into a fight, sometimes they need a few CDI specialist helping hands to resolve the issue....Read More »
I recently took a personality test and, after answering a series of questions based on various case scenarios, learned that my strengths are in collaboration and education. It took me some time to reflect on what this meant in the context of working as a...Read More »
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a CDI department, in possession of a part-time physician advisor who is already stretched too thin, may be in want of provider engagement. Certainly, physician advisors being pulled in multiple directions won’t stop the...Read More »
Over the course of the past year while conducting severe malnutrition audits, I've found some cases where severe malnutrition and morbid obesity co-occur in the documentation. So far, I have observed seven cases where this has happened...Read More »
Tracy Gapinski, BSN, RN, CCDS, is a CDI specialist lead at Community Healthcare System in Valparaiso, Indiana, and is associated with the Indiana ACDIS chapter. She has been in the CDI field for six years now.
ACDIS: What did you do before entering CDI? ...Read More »
