As stay-at-home orders are eased, small in-person gatherings are starting to resume again, and organizations are putting new travel policies in place. While the ACDIS 2021 Annual Conference is set to take place in-person in Dallas, Texas, May 17-...Read More »
Mid-September found me in Boston for the ACDIS Physician Advisor Exchange. It was a great opportunity to meet folks I had only known from an ACDIS lecture, an article on the ...Read More »
The last few weeks have been busy ones for all of us at ACDIS, as I’m sure our members are well aware. I don’t know about you, but September was a whirlwind around here at ACDIS.
Though we’ve closed out what may have been one of our busiest months in...Read More »
Members of the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee proposed creating new ICD-10-CM codes related to screening, exposure, and personal history for COVID-19. The new codes, if finalized, would take effect...Read More »
An audit performed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that incorrect acute stroke diagnosis codes submitted by traditional Medicare providers resulted in millions of dollars in...Read More »
Does the ACDIS/AHIMA “Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice” brief support queries that only list one diagnosis, “other,” and “unknown”? Read More »
Over the past few months, ACDIS has been working hard to get our Diversity and Inclusion Task Force assembled and running. First, we have created our mission statement: “to...Read More »
