Q: I’ve heard that when the volume of surgical cases is flat, any movement in the CMI represents an increased complexity of the patients. Can you explain what that means?Read More »
Join two recent ACDIS Conference speakers on Thursday, July 18, 1-2:30 p.m., for an in-depth look at the various sepsis clinical definitions, coding requirements, and quality programs, and learn how The Medical Center at Bowling Green developed a sepsis clinical pathway to ease the confusion.Read More »
Q:I’ve been told that vasodilator therapy can be used to preserve renal function, but I’m having trouble understanding how. Could to explain it to me?Read More »
I recently received an email from ACDIS friend, and Chapter Advisory Board member, Molly Seibert on behalf of her colleague Kelli Newcom regarding whether it’s okay to use a diagnosis noted on a query form for coding purposes if it’s not captured in the...Read More »
CMS released the fiscal year (FY) 2020 ICD-10-PCS changes on Friday, May 31, which include two code revisions, 734 additions, and 2,056 invalidations.Read More »