Archive for June 2018
UASI in JAHIMA: “Auditing Across the Continuum”
For many years, coding audits have been commonly-employed to make their revenue cycles more efficient. Now, they’re becoming mission-critical. In a new, peer-reviewed article out this month in the Journal of the American Health Information Management Association (JAHIMA), UASI’s manager of HIM consulting Kathy DeVault and corporate educator Natalie Sartori showed how coding audits are…
Read MoreBest Practices for Building a Remote CDI Model
10 Key considerations to evaluate remote CDI readiness “Will I ever have an opportunity to work from home?” It’s a question often asked by Clinical Documentation Specialists (CDS). As a CDI leader, you’ve likely heard it, most likely by some of your most experienced, productive employees and those most respected by physicians. Perhaps your initial…
Read MoreCoding Tip of the Month – June 2018
When coding a patient with DM and peripheral angiopathy, peripheral vascular disease or peripheral arterial disease, assume a link between the two conditions unless the provider has linked the peripheral angiopathy to another underlying condition. Because atherosclerosis is a speciic type of peripheral angiopathy use an additional code from I70.2- through I70.7- if the angiopathy is further…
Read MoreTen Steps to Create a Successful Outpatient CDI Program
Outpatient clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is a critical topic among those involved in mid-revenue cycle processes. It can sometimes be a challenge deciding where and how to get started. We’ve simplified the process by outlining our recommendations. Read ten key steps to successfully implement an outpatient CDI program for accurate capture of HCC’s (referred to as a Physician Practice CDI Program).
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