Research presented at the American Thoracic Society’s (ATS) 2020 virtual event suggests that hospitalizations due to e-cigarette and vaping associated lung injury (...Read More »
One of my physicians recently documented this statement “urine MRSA positive, but patient asymptomatic and vital signs stable, likely colonization from chronic catheter.” Based on this documentation, could we code a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)?Read More »
It’s easy for elderly skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients with dehydration and urinary tract infection (UTI), or dehydration and asymptomatic bacteriuria to be misappropriated as having sepsis. This misdiagnosis can result in the patient being admitted...Read More »
Can you please discuss right heart failure and its relationship to pulmonary hypertension instead of diastolic heart failure. For example, established diagnosis of heart failure and methamphetamine intoxication, established diagnosis of heart and smoke inhalation or carboxyhemoglobinemia, or...Read More »
The ACDIS Regulatory Committee is tasked with the reviewing regulatory policy, coding, and clinical updates, commenting to agencies on behalf of ACDIS, and providing summary, interpretation, and analysis to ACDIS members.
The Committee kicked off a new initiative for 2020, in which the...Read More »
Originally published near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic’s toll on the United States, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and American Hospital Association (AHA) have updated their list of...Read More »
After the federal government ordered hospitals to stop sending COVID-19 patient data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...Read More »
