Q:A patient recently came in with SOB and was found to have a incarcerated ventral hernia. SOB was documented throughout the record. Can SOB be coded separately or is it integral to hernia?Read More »
It’s HIP Week! To celebrate the HIM professionals in your lives, ACDIS put together a list of suggestions to help you show your appreciation for your colleagues.Read More »
By Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP, and Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS
The rollout of the clinical validation process should include an educational timeline complete with a roadshow of sorts in which the physician advisor, CDI administrator, and CDI staff explain the...Read More »
As the first quarter of the year comes to a close, it’s a great time to solidify your local chapter events calendar for 2019. Having a set calendar helps potential attendees plan in advance, make any necessary travel arrangements, and even volunteer for to host or speak for one of the events.Read More »
Trish Endress, RN, BSN, CCDS, is a CDI specialist at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, Texas, and a member of the Texas ACDIS local chapter. She’s been in the CDI field for 16 years.Read More »
Next week (Wednesday, March 27), I’ll be taking my CDI State of the Industry virtual road show to California and Minnesota (see the listing of local chapter upcoming events). Every year, I work with the ACDIS editorial and administrative teams to delve into...Read More »
The estimated annual cost of sepsis readmissions is more than half the annual cost of all Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) conditions combined—acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and pneumonia, according to a new...Read More »
