Q: I’ve heard that the provider should identify the level of substance consumption. For provider education, would the CDI department need to cite any clinical indicators that would help providers differentiate use, abuse, or dependence? Or should we...Read More »
Q: Recently, our inpatient psychiatric facility has been asking if it would be beneficial to have CDI review their accounts. I researched this a few years back and learned from other programs that there was little benefit as most psych DRGs are single...Read More »
Q: I have a question about coding HIV and HIV-related illnesses. If a physician documents a patient is HIV positive, should the chart be coded to Z21? What about if they document the patient is HIV positive with an HIV-related illness—would that be...Read More »
The 2018 event was Jessica Barbeiro's first time attending an ACDIS conference, so the ACDIS team caught up with her afterwards to hear a bit about her experience....Read More »
