Support Defensibility Scoring and Flagging
CDI Optimizer now has the ability to score and flag “Defensibility” opportunities. This refers to flagging queries that could add a non-DRG impacting MCC or CC. Critically, it also allows customers to specify how many MCCs and CCs they would like to aim for on an encounter to help prevent DRG downgrades.
To have defensibility scoring implemented for your instance of CDI Optimizer, contact your customer engagement representative.
Queries that would make a defensibility impact will now display the following impact icon