The All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Group (APR-DRG) system, developed by 3M (now Solventum), is an inpatient classification methodology that groups hospital stays based on clinical...
Today’s guests are Katherine Wachs, BSN, RN, CCDS, who is a CDI specialist at Honor Health in Arizona, and Dawn Butler, BSN, RN, CCDS, who is a clinical...
by Bobbie Vannatter, MHA, RHIA, CCS, CDIP; Andrew Puckett, DNP, RN, NI-BC; and Vitality Shalumov, RN, BSN, CCDS
Congenital...Read More »
by Linnea Archibald
For many years, malnutrition has stood at the top of the list for CDI efforts. The reasons behind this focus...Read More »
by Jenny Esper, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS
Congenital heart defects (CHD) are commonly encountered chronic conditions in pediatric...Read More »
by Brittany Mullins, BSN, RN, CCDS
When I reflect on my first days as a CDI reviewer almost five years ago, I can still vividly...Read More »
by Jess Fluegel
As if clinically validating sepsis wasn’t complicated enough, adding in the inherent complexity of pediatric...Read More »
by Janae Holtzclaw, MSN, RN, CCDS
My journey into clinical documentation integrity began long before I ever heard the term “CDI.”...Read More »
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
People have applied this...Read More »
by Carrie Kirkpatrick, BNS, RN, CCDS
Organizations that care for pediatric inpatients but whose CDI programs do not currently...Read More »
