CDI specialists need to use all the tools available in their documentation training box to effectively change physician behavior. Educational...Read More »
Jennifer Love, RN, BA, CCDS, manager of clinical documentation specialists at Novant Health in North Carolina, shares a physician education flyers regarding congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and malnutrition. Adopt these Power Point slides to your facility's documentation clinical indicators...
MS-DRG 432 (cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with MCC) is one of many MS-DRGs slated for RAC validation audits by HealthDataInsights and Connolly...Read More »
Jennifer Love, RN, BA, CCDS, manager of clinical documentation specialists at Novant Health in North Carolina, shares a physician education flyer regarding which reminds physicians that a BMI greater than 40 constitutes morbid obesity.
Leah Taylor, RN, CCDS, tells of her experience taking and retaking the CCDS exam. Her column is followed by an updated list of those who have...Read More »
On Saturday, May 16, 2009, 123 individuals took their seats in a Las Vegas conference room, prepared to take the first administration of the CCDS...Read More »
Just because physicians may document the term excisional debridement it doesn’t mean that coders can automatically code the procedure, said ...Read More »
