CDI professionals working to help the appeal process need to make sure they have all supporting documents previously collected, immediately available. This ensures that all potential counterarguments are considered and increases the...Read More »
I’m often asked about Salter-Harris fractures or growth-plate fractures while I’m teaching, so let’s unpack what CDI professionals need to know about these injuries.
The Salter-Harris Classification is used for Salter-Harris fractures or growth-...Read More »
Negative online reviews of physicians often are at odds with the more positive responses the same physicians receive with patient satisfaction surveysRead More »
Q:We recently had a patient who had a syncopal episode and fell, sustaining head trauma with a resultant SAH. What is the proper coding and principal diagnosis? Is this traumatic SAH with loss of consciousness or SAH with...Read More »
Veteran ACDIS members likely remember the Forms & Tools Library as the place to find sample query forms, policies, procedures, and CDI educational tools. While the committee responsible for reviewing submitted materials still bears the...Read More »