Q&A: Identifying acceptable copy and paste activities in provider documentation

August 24, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 37
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: What are some times when it...Read More »

Q&A: Denial management teams

August 17, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 114
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Denials & Appeals

Q: What guidance do you have for building a denial management team?

A: As with any team, it is important...Read More »

So you want to speak at the ACDIS Conference?

August 16, 2017
Ask ACDIS

ACDIS Director Brian Murphy offers tips and suggestions for submitting a thorough and focused conference speaking application. With special guests Debbie Mackaman, RHIA, CPCO, CCDS...

Q&A: Coding the term “exacerbated” and linking systolic dysfunction with CHF

August 10, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 35
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I’ve heard that “exacerbated” can't be used to code acute-on-chronic congestive...Read More »

Q&A: Coding chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus

August 10, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 110
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Let’s say a provider documented chronic kidney disease (CKD), 2/2 hypertension (HTN), and diabetes mellitus (DM), and the stage of CKD...Read More »

Q&A: Finding sepsis where there is none

August 3, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 34
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

Q: We recently reviewed a troubling case related to sepsis core extractions which...Read More »

Q&A: Acute respiratory failure with VAT procedures

July 27, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 33
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: After a video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VAT) procedure, a patient is usually...Read More »

Q&A: Electronic query formatting

July 27, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 101
Ask ACDIS, Physician Queries

Q: We use an electronic system at our hospital, and find it is difficult to query a physician since we all have our own processes. Would...Read More »

Think Global, Act Local: A Look at Local Chapter Networking Initiatives

July 26, 2017
Ask ACDIS

Melissa Varnavas, Associate Editorial Director, and CCDS Coordinator Penny Richards take over the ACDIS Radio studios while ACDIS Director Brian Murphy is away and have a lively conversation with...

Q&A: Differentiating treatment for an initial MI from a subsequent MI

July 20, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 32
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: How would you determine if the treatment is for the initial...Read More »

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