“We know that attending conferences means valuable time out of the office and out of pocket expenses, but if you can implement just ‘One Thing’ from the ACDIS conference, it pays for itself,” says ACDIS Director Brian Murphy. “That’s what the 11th annual conference...Read More »
By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
Last year I went the Niagara Falls Comic-Con with my son and had the good fortune to meet David Newell, better known to most of us as Mr. McFeeley, the Speedy Delivery Man from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Mr. Newell could not have been a nicer guy...Read More »
By Anny Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP, and Page Knauss, BSN, RN, LNC, ACM, CPC, CDEO
The brevity of the patient encounter requires an organization’s outpatient CDI program to focus on improving documentation from the beginning. One of the goals for outpatient CDI should be to reduce...Read More »
The 2018 ACDIS Conference is only 37 days away. While the ACDIS conference is special and memorable each and every year, the ACDIS team is especially excited for some specific reasons this year.Read More »
In addition to EHR use best practice which we discussed last week, another example of best practice for coding, CDI, and HIM, is following the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. When coding, first seek the code in...Read More »
