RE: [MARKETING] [EXTERNAL] Outpatient CDI
Vickie,
I started doing one day post visit, pre-coding outpatient reviews here as I am able this past October as part of my ICD-10 implementation plan. Unfortunately I'm outnumbered over 100 to 1 on the outpatient provider side with the 26 clinics and 2 long term care areas I'm including in these reviews , but providers are receptive and responsive and it helps get the coders a cleaner chart on those occasions when I've had the chance to do that review.
It does give a nice twist on things and I’ve gotten some patients problem lists updated based on those reviews so the positives, even if not always necessarily financial, are certainly there.
Robert
Robert S. Hodges, MSN, BSN, RN, CCDS
Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
VHA CDI Council Member
Aleda E. Lutz VAMC
Mail Code 136
1500 Weiss Street
Saginaw MI 48602
P: 989-497-2500 x13101
F: 989-321-4912
E: Robert.Hodges2@va.gov
VA Core Values: Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence (“I CARE”)
VA Core Characteristics: Trustworthy, Accessible, Quality, Innovative, Agile, Integrated
"We are dealing with Veterans, not procedures; With their problems, not ours." --General Omar Bradley
I started doing one day post visit, pre-coding outpatient reviews here as I am able this past October as part of my ICD-10 implementation plan. Unfortunately I'm outnumbered over 100 to 1 on the outpatient provider side with the 26 clinics and 2 long term care areas I'm including in these reviews , but providers are receptive and responsive and it helps get the coders a cleaner chart on those occasions when I've had the chance to do that review.
It does give a nice twist on things and I’ve gotten some patients problem lists updated based on those reviews so the positives, even if not always necessarily financial, are certainly there.
Robert
Robert S. Hodges, MSN, BSN, RN, CCDS
Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
VHA CDI Council Member
Aleda E. Lutz VAMC
Mail Code 136
1500 Weiss Street
Saginaw MI 48602
P: 989-497-2500 x13101
F: 989-321-4912
E: Robert.Hodges2@va.gov
VA Core Values: Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence (“I CARE”)
VA Core Characteristics: Trustworthy, Accessible, Quality, Innovative, Agile, Integrated
"We are dealing with Veterans, not procedures; With their problems, not ours." --General Omar Bradley