CDI Journal

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Happy New Year everyone! The new January edition of CDI Journal is out and ready for you to download. This issue features some of your CDI Talk fellows including Katy Good, Don Butler, Tiffany Estes, Paul Evans, among others. I hope you'll read it, give a shout out to your CDI Talk friends, and find a nugget or two of useful information in it. http://www.hcpro.com/acdis/archive.cfm?topic=WS_ACD_JNL

Here is the Table of Contents
Director’s note, 4
Agenda set for 2013 conference

Peer audits, 5
Co-worker reviews provide insight into query efforts

Sepsis syndrome, 10
Coding Clinic advice leads to query questions

ICD-10 guidance, 12
Coding Clinic provides first of ICD-10 insight

Healthcare climate, 13
Trey La Charité, MD,says hospitals could be endangered

Meet a member, 15
Katy Good, RN, BSN,CCDS, CCS

Concurrent coding, 16
Efforts limited according to survey

Travel CDI, 18
New opportunities arise

Physician education, 20
CDI staff craft documentation newsletters

Fond farewell, 23
Advisor Board members offer reflections

Superstar CDI, 26
Tips for excellence to start 2013

Melissa Varnavas| Senior Managing Editor
Associate Director|ACDIS
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Mvarnavas@cdiassociation.com