ACDIS Guidance

In responding to this year's ACDIS membership survey, hundreds of respondents indicated that obtaining physician support for their CDI efforts...Read More »

By Laura Legg, RHIT, CCS, CDIP

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Every year, the ACDIS Achievement Awards are presented at the ...Read More »

Q: Can coders change the principal diagnosis assignment without querying the physician?

A: Once the...Read More »

The 2017 Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines to be published in the March 2017 issue of...Read More »

There’s still time to honor that special colleague who helped make a difference at your facility, someone who made significant contributions to...Read More »

Many of you know and love the CDI Pocket Guide, our annual reference resource that many CDI departments consider indispensable. So this...Read More »

by Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, CDIP, COBGC

As CDI specialists and coders, it is our job to document and code...Read More »

Q: If a complication was unavoidable, and has been documented as such, is that good enough reason to not code it? We wouldn’t...Read More »

Don’t be wary of reaching out to the ACDIS administrative team—we’re here to help, particularly when it comes to the efforts of local chapter...Read More »