As ACDIS has grown over the last decade-plus, the CDI profession has expanded as well, reaching healthcare organizations outside the United States. ACDIS has two international local chapters—Australia and the Eastern Mediterranean—but we’d love to know where else our members hail from to best...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
“When I started here, it was all CC/MCCs we were looking at,” says Peggy Rice, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS, CDI specialist at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. As the CDI program matured over time, however, its focus shifted to quality...Read More »
Have you responded yet to the latest physician query survey? This 16-question survey should only take you about five minutes to complete, and will help us at ACDIS measure where we are in terms of CDI query efforts compared to a 2017 benchmarking survey.Read More »
The 2020 ACDIS national conference agenda is finalized, (take a look at all the great sessions in store) but the call for poster presentations is still open. Those selected will be eligible for $200 off their conference registration.
For those unfamiliar, the poster presentations are a...Read More »
by Carolyn Riel
Departmental silos are prevalent in the healthcare world and can lead to unvoiced frustrations and counterproductive work. Different organizations have different approaches to breaking down these walls, often through regular interdepartmental meetings or...Read More »
The gyms are crowded this time of year. The first week of January, not so much. Second week of January, traffic picks up. Third week of January, the gym gets packed as people begin to realize that the month is almost passed them by and their get healthy, get thin, get more involved resolutions...Read More »
by Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC
The Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting Section I.A.19 titled “Code assignment and Clinical Criteria” says the following:
The assignment of a diagnosis code is based on the provider...Read More »
