This year’s CDI Week theme is “CDI and Quality.” On September 15-19 we’ll be celebrating our fourth annual week of recognition for this critical profession and covering a number of hot-button issues in our industry overview survey, but taking a close look at where the nation’s CDI programs are...Read More »
If you haven’t joined your local ACDIS chapter yet, what are you waiting for? Local chapter leaders and meeting hosts put a ton of volunteer effort into making sure these events are both educational and fun. Perfect case in point was the June 18 meeting of the Evergreen (Washington state) ACDIS...Read More »
After anecdotes that electronic health records (EHR) cause upcoding, Julia Adler-Milstein of the University of Michigan and Ashish Jha of the Harvard School of Public Health decided to delve into the data to see if it was true. Their...Read More »
Statistical sampling or alternative dispute resolution: These possible two solutions to the backlog of Medicare claim denial appeals are getting a trial run in the near future, according to a Report for Medicare Compliance article...Read More »
Q: Is it okay to code a diagnosis if the physician documents two diagnoses using the phrase “versus” between them? For example, the patient arrives with abdominal pain and the physician orders labs and other tests but they all come back normal. In the discharge note, the physician documents “...Read More »
