Articles for January 1, 2018

CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

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January 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Education

FEATURES
8 CDI crystal ball: Gazing into the profession’s future
13 Becoming a CDI professional: Tips for getting started
15 Outpatient CDI: Getting up and running
22 Minimizing traumatic CDI experiences with trauma reviews
30 Welcome to the incoming Chapter...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

Note from the Associate Editorial Director: CDI fortune telling: Looking to the future in the new year

January 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

By Melissa Varnavas
Last year, in the January/February edition of the Journal, we suggested CDI professionals focus on growth for the “year of the rooster.” (In case you’re wondering, 2018 is the year of the dog according to the Chinese zodiac.) And that’s what it seemed like...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

Note from the Advisory Board: Take Time to Return to Basic CDI Training

January 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

by Paul Evans, RHIA, CCDS, CCS, CCS-P
We have seen our industry grow increasingly complicated each year. With that increased complexity, we also see greater sophistication among our colleagues’ skill levels.

CDI professionals now specialize in quality reviews for hospital–...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

CDI crystal ball: Gazing into the profession’s future

January 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Outpatient. Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC). Quality. Value-based purchasing. Pediatric. Interdisciplinary, integrated CDI response and analysis. Such topics have been the buzzwords of the industry for many years, and for good reason.

Regulatory shifts associated with the 2010...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

Starting from scratch: Tales from building a CDI program

January 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Though larger facilities may have had CDI programs for years—some for over a decade—others are only starting now. When the first CDI departments formed, they focused on CC/MCC capture and DRG assignment for accurate reimbursement, but over the years, things like value-based purchasing and...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

Becoming a CDI professional: Tips for getting started

January 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

Starting a new job can be intimidating, no matter the profession. Whether you’re coming from a clinical or coding background, the CDI role will present new challenges and come with a steep learning curve. Between coding rules and guidelines, query composition and compliance, physician engagement...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

Outpatient CDI: Getting up and running

January 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Outpatient CDI

More than 30% of respondents to the 2017 CDI Industry Survey plan to expand to some sort of outpatient service in the near future. But, with fairly flexible definitions of the term “outpatient,” those planning to expand are left without direction.

As with any new frontier for CDI, those...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 1 - DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE

Note from the Instructor: CDI Leadership and KPIs: Long live metrics

January 1, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

By Allen Frady, RN-BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
If you mention analytics or key performance indicators (KPI) in relation to thought leaders on social media, you may be treated as though you’ve just suggested the world is flat and the earth is the center of the solar system.

While a...Read More »

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