Articles for October 6, 2022

CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 45

Note from the ACDIS Interim Director: New compliant query practice brief will publish October 10

October 6, 2022
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC

October 10 is the scheduled release of the 2022 update to the co-authored ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice©*. This practice brief supersedes all previously published versions. ACDIS and...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 45

News: Emotional exhaustion increased from 31.8% of healthcare workers in 2019 to 40.4% in second year of pandemic

October 6, 2022
News, Education

Emotional exhaustion among healthcare workers has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 45

News: OIG says Humana’s MA plan overcharged $34.4 million

October 6, 2022
Denials & Appeals, News

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is calling for Humana Inc. to refund $34.4 million in alleged overpayments made to the payer's HumanaChoice Medicare Advantage plan in 2016 and 2017,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 45

News: Telehealth diagnoses match in-person visit diagnoses in nearly 87% of cases, study finds

October 6, 2022
Clinical & Coding, News

Telemedicine diagnosis matched the in-person outpatient visit diagnosis in 86.9% of cases, according to recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 45

Q&A: Using 2023 ICD-10-CM codes for aortic dissections and ruptures

October 6, 2022
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: What is the difference between an aortic dissection and a rupture, and how are these conditions reported in ICD-10-CM?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 45

ACDIS anniversary: Celebrating 15 years of community

October 6, 2022
ACDIS Guidance

by Rebecca Hendren

October 1 marked the 15th anniversary of the MS-DRG system and the creation of the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists. It didn’t take long for our association to be known only by its acronym ACDIS and it was an equally short...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 45

ACDIS update: Advance your professional development, earn CEUs by writing for the CDI Journal in 2023

October 6, 2022
ACDIS Guidance

ACDIS is always looking for folks from the CDI community to contribute to our publications, and we’ve recently released our 2023 CDI Journal topics to help interested contributors plan for the new year.

Submissions for the CDI Journal should be sent to ACDIS Associate...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 45

ACDIS update: What’s so special about ACDIS?

October 6, 2022
ACDIS Guidance

Note from Rebecca Hendren, ACDIS director of programming: The following was penned by Melissa Varnavas, ACDIS’ editorial director, for the 10th anniversary of ACDIS. Melissa was the heart and soul of the ACDIS team from the time she joined in October 2008...Read More »

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