| All CDI professionals know how difficult working around providers’ busy schedules can be. Add in the stress and late nights of trauma cases, and you’ve got a recipe for chaos. Often, the more complex the trauma patient, the less documentation is captured. After all, when physicians are focused on saving a patient’s life, they’re much less concerned with documenting to the level of specificity required by the coding system and quality measures.
In this CDI Conversation, expert speakers Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, FACS, CPE, and Kristie Perry, RN, MHSA, CCDS, CCS, will discuss the ins and outs of CDI trauma reviews, presenting practical tactics for physician engagement and effective query practices. |
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| Meet the Speakers:
 Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, FACS, CPE, is the medical director of CDI and
pediatric trauma at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. After
receiving her medical degree from UMDNJ (now Rutgers) and a master’s in
public health/health administration from the Rutgers School of Public
Health, she trained in general surgery at Christiana Care.
 Kristie Perry, RN, MHSA, CCDS, CCS, is a CDI specialist at Erlanger
Health System in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Perry has 25 years of
experience in nursing. Her primary clinical experience is in the ICU setting.
In addition to her long career in nursing, she has been in the CDI world for
10 years, with focuses on trauma and critical care. She was also a member
of the 2017 CDI Week Planning Committee. |
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