Keep vital information at your fingertips with the new 2020 edition of the #1 best-selling authoritative CDI Pocket Guide. The CDI Pocket Guide by authors Dr. Richard Pinson and Cynthia Tang, now in its 13th edition, is the original and STILL the best resource for coding and clinical documentation improvement and available to order now. For over ten years, the CDI Pocket Guide has been the essential, go-to resource for anyone involved in clinical documentation improvement - don't be without it! - Testimonials - My CDI Pocket Guide is an invaluable tool! I reference it daily in my reviews, writing queries and educating physicians regarding documentation opportunities. I would be lost without it! Norma B., Clinical Documentation Specialist, Bay Medical Center The CDI Pocket Guide is a practical, portable reference that the CDS can carry in his/her pocket and easily reference while reviewing the record on the Patient Care unit versus having to carry cumbersome ICD Coding books to the units with stickies and notes throughout the coding books. Cindy Z., Corporate HIM Director, Yale New Haven Hospital An essential tool for our documentation specialists and coders each section provides the clinical criteria needed to recognize documentation improvement opportunities in the medical record! Karen S., HIM Director, Nanticoke Hospital

2020 CDI Pocket Guide

Richard D. Pinson

Cynthia L. Tang

Pinson&Tang

From the authors of the best-selling CDI Pocket Guide comes the first definitive reference guide for outpatient CDI. This third edition published in 2020 of the Outpatient CDI Pocket Guide: Focusing on HCCs features an easy to understand approach, boiling HCCs down to a few basic principles which, when mastered, make them a breeze. Authors Richard Pinson and Cynthia Tang explain how HCCs affect both providers and payers and clarify the chief considerations in outpatient reimbursement, documentation, and coding guidelines. Let the latest edition of the Outpatient CDI Pocket Guide show you how to master HCCs. You will benefit from this guide if you are a CDI or coding specialist, risk adjustment auditor, nurse, or physician who seeks to: Focus on areas of greatest impact as you expand your CDI program to the outpatient setting, improve capture of HCC diagnoses that will optimize hospital and physician risk adjustments for value-based payments, or increase risk adjustment factor scores for Medicare Advantage health plans. Ensure your organization’s outpatient coding practices are compliant and meet clinical validation and documentation requirements. This book is your reference guide to steer you through outpatient CDI and HCCs.

Outpatient CDI Pocket Guide: Focusing on HCCs

Keep vital information at your fingertips with the 2021 edition of the #1 best-selling authoritative CDI Pocket Guide. The CDI Pocket Guide by authors Dr. Richard Pinson and Cynthia Tang, now in its 14th edition, is the original and STILL the best resource for coding and clinical documentation integrity. Each year, the authors research, revise, and clarify the content to update the original CDI Pocket Guide. They capture significant changes in clinical diagnostic standards, ICD-10 codes, Official Coding Guidelines, Coding Clinic, and compliance issues and accommodate useful feedback from readers. They also provide the wisdom of their experience as consultants helping hospitals sculpt their documentation and coding practices to their needs. Each CDI Pocket Guide customer will also receive our in-depth, interactive webinars that will keep you informed and further enhance your knowledge and skills. For over a decade, the CDI Pocket Guide has been the essential, go-to resource for anyone involved in coding and CDI – don’t be without it! Note: The 2022 CDI Pocket Guide will be available in late October 2021.

2021 CDI Pocket Guide®

Authors Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, CDIP, and Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS, CRC, combined their knowledge to author the most definitive coding and documentation resource in the industry, the highly acclaimed CDI Pocket Guide, now in its 16th edition. Drawing on over sixty years' combined experience, the CDI Pocket Guide distills a vast amount of knowledge into a concise review of the information you need to know. In this authoritative guide, the authors integrate clinical diagnostic definitions, criteria, and standards with rigorous coding discipline in a clear and concise format creating a simple, easy-to-use guide. Updated each year to reflect advances in clinical and coding practices, the Guide has become known as “the CDI bible” in the healthcare community. The 16th edition has been revised and updated with the latest diagnostic criteria and coding standards while retaining the clear and direct approach of previous editions. The companion online edition (offered separately), CDI Pocket Guide Unbound, contains the same industry-leading clinical information and guidance contained in the print edition, but offers additional content and features, along with access to interactive in-depth training webinars on the most challenging topics. Also available as an Apple and Android mobile app. Our customers have shared...“The most important reference in my arsenal and keeps getting better.” "You guys are the best in the business. Nobody else in the CDI business comes close."

2023 CDI Pocket Guide

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Pinson, Richard D.

Tang, Cynthia

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2024 CDI Pocket Guide®

Dr. Richard D. Pinson