Be aware of payer’s “home cooked” clinical criteria which are often not only outdated, but also ridiculous. Contrary to what the payer may claim, a patient does not regularly have to be at a near death state before having achieved grounds...Read More »
Q:As far as coding guidelines go, the role of the attending physician’s documentation in the medical record and discharge summary are pivotal for correct code assignment. However, our system uses hospitalists which means the...Read More »
ICD-11 reflects critical advances in science and medicine and is the first code set revision to be well integrated with EHRs and information systems, the WHO says.Read More »
I had never been to San Antonio before this year's ACDIS Conference. One might summarize everything I knew about The Metropolis of Mid-Texas in the following dad joke:
“Knock, knock.”
“Who's there?”
“The Alamo.”
“The...Read More »
It’s hard to believe that ACDIS Radio is celebrating its 100th episode tomorrow morning. The show features the return of the very first guest from the very first show in October, 2014: Karen Chase, MS, BSN, RNC, CCDS.Read More »
By Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CRC, CCDS
As I sat down to summarize the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2019 ICD-10-CM update, the number of changes are significantly less than the prior two years which makes me think we’re getting back to the norm of expected yearly...Read More »
Ask pretty much anyone in CDI and they’ll tell you it takes roughly six months to train a new CDI specialist to where they can work independently. The methods, of course, vary from facility to facility and therefore the time allotted does too.Read More »
