CDIA Community: Clinical Catchup Webinar Series

Clinical Catchup: A Webinar Series Relating Clinical Updates to CDI and Clinical Coding

The world of medicine is fast-paced and ever changing. New breakthroughs and discoveries are being made every day, and the way in which we understand and classify conditions is constantly evolving. With the accessibility of online journals, this information is disseminated globally in an instant. 

Clinicians use this information to update their practice, but this often happens in a non-linear manner, with some clinicians and specialties adopting new approaches more quickly than others. 

This can make interpreting documentation challenging for clinical coders and clinical documentation specialists. Inconsistency, conflicting documentation, and a lack of communication about changes that have occurred make it difficult to classify conditions, especially when coding standards might not reflect the most up to date clinical understanding. 

Aware of this problem, we have created "Clinical Catchup". In this Webinar series, one of CDIA's medical doctors will discuss pertinent clinical updates and how they apply to CDI and clinical coding. 

Join us for the next episode on Wednesday 26th of April, in which CDIA's Dr. Felicity Sinclair-Ford will discuss Long COVID. Considering this emerging topic, this Webinar will explore what we know so far about Long COVID, how it might be documented, and when to query this novel condition.