Cheryl Ericson

Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP is recognized as a CDI subject matter expert for her body of work which includes many speaking engagements and publications for a variety of industry associations. She has helped establish industry guidance through contributions to white papers and practice briefs including several American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Practice Briefs in the areas of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) and Querying. Ericson is a current member of the AHIMA CDI, Quality and Revenue Cycle Practice Council and ACDIS CCDS Credentialing Committee. She is a past member of the AHIMA CDI Practice Council and ACDIS Advisory Board. She was a contributor to the initial AHIMA CDIP exam and continues to contribute to the ACDIS CCDS exam.

CDI: Documenting Diagnoses and Patient Safety

Cheryl Ericson July 29, 2022
Documenting a diagnosis in the health record extends beyond its impact on reimbursement and quality-of-care measures. It is also critical to patient..

What Is a Leading Query?

Cheryl Ericson June 14, 2021
It is disheartening that there are still misconceptions about what a leading query is. In my last article, “The Query Conundrum,” I briefly talked..

The Query Conundrum

Cheryl Ericson May 3, 2021
To query or not query that is the question. Querying is the lifeline of clinical documentation integrity (CDI) professionals and many coding..