Conference conversations: Speakers share how their facility survives sepsis

April 8, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Education

Expert ACDIS 2019 conference speakers Rhoda Chism, RN, CCDS, and Laura White, MHA, provide an inside look on how their organization dealt with the...Read More »

CDI insider Q&A: Surviving sepsis

April 8, 2019
Free Resources
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

CDI experts provide an inside look on how their organization dealt with the various sepsis clinical definitions, challenging CDI professionals to think outside the box to improve their processes and results.

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Q&A: Coding based on clinical criteria

April 4, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 14
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I remember reading an article, or a Coding Clinic, that basically said it was...Read More »

ACDIS update: Join us for an HCC webinar on April 4!

March 29, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 14
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Education, Outpatient CDI

Join expert instructors Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, and Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC,...Read More »

Book excerpt: The value of E/M

March 29, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 47
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Outpatient CDI

By Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CCM, CDIP

Historically, providers outside of the hospital setting assigned their own codes...Read More »

ACDIS tip: Educational efforts for clinical validation rollout

March 28, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 13
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

By Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP, and Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS

The rollout of the clinical validation process...Read More »

Q&A: SOB and incarcerated ventral hernias

March 28, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 13
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: A patient recently came in with SOB and was found to have a incarcerated...Read More »

Note from the Instructor: Happy HIP Week 2019!

March 27, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 46
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Laurie L. Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC

In thinking about Health Information Professional (HIP) Week, I found myself...Read More »

News: AMA on track to revise E/M codes, set new documentation guidelines

March 21, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 12
Clinical & Coding, News, Outpatient CDI

The American Medical Association’s (AMA) current procedural terminology (CPT) editorial panel...Read More »

News: Quality varies among affiliates of U.S. News & World Report’s honor roll hospitals, study finds

March 21, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 12
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

Surgical outcomes at hospitals on...Read More »

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