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Q: According to one of our private carriers, we should report bilateral services with modifier -50 (bilateral procedure) for physician...Read More »

Q: What is your audit process for your CDI team? Could you share the following info about your process?Read More »

ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis....Read More »

Q: We’re attempting to make provider queries part of our medical record which coding can use to pick up codes. Does anyone have...Read More »

Q: Are coders required to report a social determinants of health (SDOH) ICD-10-CM code when a CPT code for an evaluation and...Read More »

Q: Are biventricular qualifiers needed when reporting TandemHeart insertion procedures in ICD-10-PCS?

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Q: What terms need to be included in physician documentation to code in ICD-10-CM whether the patient’s migraine is chronic,...Read More »

Q: I have a couple of questions regarding CDI metric expectations, reporting, and education for your CDI teams. I have been working on...Read More »

Q: Are you using contingency staffing in your inpatient programs? If so, do you require any pre-testing to evaluate competency? What...Read More »

Kerri Swart, BSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, is the CDI director at Upstate University Health System and is associated with the ACDIS Central New York...Read More »