Never fear, ICD-10 will be here (hopefully) by this time next year.A week ago, the industry sounded (yet again) the one-year alarm to raise awareness for ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation. CMS guaranteed once and again that no further delays would be implemented, so those in the coding and...Read More »
If the hospital documentation, including history and physical and progress notes, doesn't support medical necessity of an inpatient surgical procedure, the physician&'s Part B claim for performing the procedure would be denied. A recent transmittal...Read More »
Q: The primary physician documented subacute cerebral infarction and I am wondering whether I should code this to a new cerebral vascular accident (CVA) or not since the term “subacute” doesn’t really fall anywhere.Read More »
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) released joint physician query instructions in Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice in February 2013.
Most of you receiving this edition of CDI Strategies have probably heard about our “Share Your ACDIS Love” campaign. Throughout our eight years together we’ve been fortunate enough to hear from so many of our members. You have offered us your own CDI stories, shared your experiences both...Read More »
The ACDIS California Chapter has been meeting since 2009. Originally three separate groups planned to meet in southern, central, and northern regions of the state to network and share ideas. Such efforts morphed into monthly telephone conference calls which allowed CDI professionals throughout...Read More »
CMS is currently looking for 850 volunteers from various specialties and sizes for the January 26-30 ICD-10 end-to-end testing. During this testing phase,...Read More »
After announcing its intention to essentially cut a deal with hospitals in order to settle a backlog of pending denials’ appeals, it now appears that CMS may not have the authority to do so, according to a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell...Read More »
