According to a recent poll on the ACDIS Web site, 85% of members cope with physicians who frequently document unspecified chest pain. In addition, 51% of those polled stated that...Read More »
The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) is pleased to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed changes to the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and proposed fiscal year (FY) 2011 rates, as published...Read More »
The next quarterly conference call is scheduled for Thursday, February 18, 2-3 p.m. E.S.T. ACDIS members have received dial-in instructions via e-mail; if you are an ACDIS member and did not receive your instructions, please contact ACDIS member relations specialist Sue...Read More »
When Melanie Halpern, RN-BC, MBA, CCDS, CCRA, CDI manager at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)conducted interviews, she thought she had found the perfect candidate. But there was a catch: The individual lived three hours away, which was too far of a commute to...Read More »
Q: A patient with a urinary tract infection appeared septic, and she also fit the criteria for sepsis. The physician documented the patient had SIRS but not sepsis. From a coding standpoint, SIRS is sepsis. So I’m confused about the...Read More »
Attached is a supplement to the July 2010 issue of CDI Journal. It provides important updates every CDI specialist should know regarding new guidance issued in AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, Second Quarter, 2010. The author of the article is James Kennedy, MD, CCS, of FTI...Read More »
Starting in January 2022, Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald began sending out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members every Monday. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question...Read More »
Every institution reading this column has likely received its first recovery audit contractor (RAC) denials regarding the documentation and coding of excisional debridement procedures (86.22). Our hospital is no exception. While we knew that this...Read More »
