News: PQRS penalties on hold

January 26, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 4
CDI Management, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries, Policies & Procedures

Some eligible professionals (EP) and group practices will get a pass for failing to meet 2016 Physician Quality Reporting requirements (PQRS) due...Read More »

CDI’s role in clarifying malnutrition

January 24, 2017
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, News

With special guest Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CDI Education Specialist for HCPro and the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS). 

To...

Guest Post: Pneumonia coding compliance critical for success

January 24, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 8
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP

In ascertaining pneumonia’s clinical validity, I like the ...Read More »

Q&A: ‘Code first’ versus ‘in diseases classified elsewhere’

January 12, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 5
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I can’t distinguish between “code first” and “in diseases classified elsewhere.” Both are used with manifestations and...Read More »

Opinion: Stop the insanity related to the 2017 coding Guidelines

January 5, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 1
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCDS

The ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for the 2017...Read More »

Tip: Pneumonia with COPD

January 5, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 1
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Richard D. Pinson, MD, FACP
In its 2016 Third Quarter edition, the AHA’s Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS clarified the...Read More »

Radio Recap: CDI and coder collaboration equal Ardent success

January 1, 2017
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1
CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding

Editor’s note: “ACDIS Radio” is a biweekly free webinar featuring ACDIS Director Brian Murphy with case study presentations...Read More »

Differing backgrounds strengthen the CDI profession

January 1, 2017
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, Policies & Procedures

CDI specialists can pretty much come from any background in the medical field—from physicians, to nurses, to coders, and everything in between....Read More »

Opinion: CDI team diversity crucial for program advancement

January 1, 2017
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 1
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Management, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding

by Robert J. Thomas, BSN, RN, PHN

I attended nursing school at a four-year university that included classes in nursing history and...Read More »

Guest Post: Beyond CC/MCC capture for compliant CDI efforts

December 27, 2016
CDI Blog - Volume 9, Issue 69
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Editor’s Note: Let’s call this week’s guest post from “a ghost of ACDIS’ past.” Those who’ve worked in the profession for...Read More »

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