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CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 23

News: Coder productivity expectations under ICD-10 vary

November 7, 2013
News

Coder productivity was a hot topic of conversation during the AHIMA pre-conference in Atlanta October 26-27. We all know coders will be less productive initially after the transition to ICD-10. The question is how much less productive?

Different speakers offered different opinions,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 23

News: Noridian cites 'insufficient' documentation as ICD-10 education priority

November 7, 2013
News

With less than a year until ICD-10 implementation, Noridian CMS contractor for Region D, published guidance last month encouraging providers to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 23

Q&A: How to handle ’rule out’ documentation

November 7, 2013
Ask ACDIS

Q: When a provider states that the patient is admitted rule out (R/O) a myocardial infarction (MI) would the MI get coded as though it exists?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 22

Local Chapter Events: Sessions for leaders and local members offered

October 24, 2013
News

The following ACDIS chapters plan upcoming networking events. For additional information visit the Local Chapter page of the ACDIS website or visit the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 22

News: Most costly diagnoses mirror CDI focus areas

October 24, 2013
News

In a statistical brief released this August, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) ranked septicemia the most expensive condition treated in the United States—in...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 22

News: ICD-10 readiness survey from WEDI

October 24, 2013
News, Clinical & Coding

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is conducting an ICD-10 implementation status survey through November 1.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 22

News: MAC says no to documentation cloning

October 24, 2013
News

If you need evidence to support the contention that physicians shouldn’t copy and paste information about their patients’ conditions from the previous days’ description, look no further than the October 8,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 7, Issue 22

Q&A: Determine the underlying cause of admission in elderly patients

October 24, 2013
Ask ACDIS

Q: The majority of the admissions I am reviewing this week are for an elderly population. It seems that they all have the same admitting diagnoses: Failure to thrive (FTT), urinary tract infection (UTI), fever, dehydration, altered mental status...Read More »

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