I’ve recently encountered a couple of discussions about encephalopathy so I thought others might be interested in this topic. First up, querying for the type
One of the many management topics at the conference of the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) is having written CDI policies and procedures
Task-based, outcomes measurement versus process improvement generally does not support sustainable long-term results. I was recently asked by a chief financial officer (CFO) what other
AHIMA released its CDI Practice Brief Monday. At Yom Kippur services, I found myself thinking about the question Dr. Ronald Hirsch posed to me the
The updated guidelines were developed jointly by AHIMA and ACDIS. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), in collaboration with Simplify Compliance’s Association of Clinical
The updated guidelines, developed jointly by AHIMA and ACDIS, are expected to be announced today. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is expected to
The best practice is to add any retrospective query response as an addendum to the health record. Although the goal of clinical documentation integrity (CDI)
The fifth most common type of health-associated infections is urinary tract infection. What seems to present itself as an easily identified query opportunity can lead
It is critical that the CDISs compose their queries to get codable verbiage in response. In my most recent consulting project, I read many cases
I conceived a new project that triggered last week’s TalkBack segment on the Talk Ten Tuesdays weekly Internet radio broadcast, and I would love your
According to the official coding guidelines, ICD-10 code U07.1 for COVID-19 may be reported under the following circumstances: As documented by the provider; Documentation of
The goal should be a 100 percent response rate. On a recent onsite, one of the clinical documentation integrity specialists (CDISs) asked me my opinion
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