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Q: Is a patient in remission from opioid use if he is currently taking...Read More »

This week, please take a minute to get to know Aimee Van Balen, RN, BSN, CCDS, a certified senior CDI specialist at Lifespan Corporation in...Read More »

Q: Can the physician be queried as to why the patient is taking methadone or suboxone? If yes...Read More »

Q: If the documentation states, “diastolic heart failure (HF) euvolemic” or “...Read More »

This week, please take a minute to get to know Molly M. Siebert, RHIA, CCDS, a CDI specialist at Legacy Health in Portland, Oregon.Read More »

Over the months leading up to the conference, the committee members work tirelessly to ensure the event is as memorable and valuable as possible....Read More »

Q: Could you shed some light on the codes of K66.1, retroperitoneal hematoma, an MCC, and R58...Read More »

Q: We are trying to educate our coding department about medical necessity,...Read More »

This week, please take a minute to get to know Kerry Seekircher, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, director of CDI at Northern Westchester hospital/Northwell...Read More »

Tammy Combs, RN, MSN, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, will present “How to Mitigate and Manage Denials,” on Day 2 of the ACDIS conference. Combs is the director...Read More »