This one hour webinar will be the 3rd in a series presented by Beth Ming, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, AHIMA CDI Trainer. Sr. Clinical Consultant. 

This will focus on the CDI Role in Clinical Validation

• Discuss the clinical validation process 
• Examine clinical validation query opportunities for high-risk diagnoses 
  • Sepsis, Respiratory Failure, Encephalopathy, Renal Failure, Malnutrition, and Pneumonia 
• Examine the role of data analytics in[BM1] clinical validation and denials prevention 
• Discuss salient points from the recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) data brief on Medicare hospital stays with a single comorbid condition/complication (CC) or major comorbid condition/complication (MCC) 
• Discuss the disconnect between payer-level diagnosis definitions and provider-level diagnostic statements