CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 13

Q&A: Documenting ARDS when not present on admission

March 26, 2020
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Recently, we’ve seen a few situations in which respiratory failure was present on admission (POA), but then later in the stay, the patient’s condition progresses to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or the physician determines that it is ARDS. In these situations, our coding team is...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 13

Conference corner: Important update regarding the 13th annual ACDIS conference

March 20, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Education

ACDIS has made the difficult and unprecedented decision to postpone the 13th annual ACDIS conference, scheduled to take place May 5-8, 2020, at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. We are working to reschedule the event to the fall, with a new date expected in the coming weeks.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 13

ACDIS update: COVID-19 survival toolkit available to members and non-members

March 26, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Education

As healthcare organizations nationwide prepare and begin to deal with the growing COVID-19 pandemic, CDI professionals are faced with new documentation challenges, on top of adapting to remote work and engaging increasingly overwhelmed physicians. To help CDI professionals adapt, ACDIS has...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 13

ACDIS update: COVID-19 pandemic necessitates more CDI remote work, weigh in on latest poll

March 26, 2020
ACDIS Guidance

Many states have now passed emergency orders sending non-essential employees home to work remotely in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. In light of this, many organizations have sent their CDI teams home as they are not involved in direct patient care.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 13

Local chapter update: Check in with local chapters on COVID-related cancelations

March 26, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

As the globe continues to cope with COVID-19, we are all operating under the constraints of our new reality. ACDIS local chapter volunteers, too, have needed to cancel and/or postpone many of their previously planned educational events. Please check the listings below for updated information and...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 14, Issue 12

ACDIS tip: CDI specialists use legal, coding, and clinical knowledge

March 23, 2021
Clinical & Coding, Education

By Kathryn Fallah and Karla Accorto

CDI is a mix of three categories blended into one, according to Dawn Valdez, RN, LNC, CCDS, CDIP, CDI education specialist with ACDIS in Middleton, Massachusetts. These three categories are:
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 12

Note from the Instructor: Celebrating critical thinking in CDI

March 19, 2020
ACDIS Guidance

by Laurie Prescott

As a child I always loved working on puzzles. As I grew older, they became larger, more complicated. I haven’t touched a jigsaw puzzle in years, but puzzles don’t always come in a box. The process of record review is a puzzle. The CDI specialist reviews the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 12

News: ECRI lists top 10 patient safety concerns, cites documentation concerns

March 19, 2020
News, Quality & Regulatory

ECRI Institute recently published its annual list of the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns. The goal of this list is to help facilities’ efforts for proactively identifying and responding to threats to patient safety.

ECRI notes that this list was created before the COVID-19 outbreak...Read More »

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