 BY SUSAN GATEHOUSE, AXEA SOLUTIONS CEO
Once considered a luxury of well-endowed major medical facilities, clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists have made their way to the mainstream. The majority of facilities nationwide now provide some CDI oversight. The requirement for microscopic review of patient safety indicators, severity, and risk of mortality, along with the complexity of both patient care services and procedures, have made CDI specialists a staple of inpatient hospital coding departments.
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