Q: Is it appropriate to assign code Y95, nosocomial condition, based on the documentation of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) or hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAC)? It is appropriate to assign code Y95, nosocomial condition, for documented healthcare associated conditions. Should...Read More »
Effective July 1, 2016, ACDIS will institute a policy and penalty fee for late Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) recertification.Read More »
As you read this, the ACDIS administrative team may likely be ensconced in a conference room examining data from its members and discussing plans for products and services for the coming months.
A good piece of that data comes from a...Read More »
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the fiscal year 2017 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule included nearly 2,000 additions to ICD-10-CM code set and more than 3,500 additions to ICD-10-PCS. With it comes a number of recommendations regarding MS-DRG classifications, as...Read More »
This will be a big year for audits between the new Recovery Auditors hitting the ground later this year, the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organizations (BFCC-QIO) now focusing on the 2-midnight rule, and a continued increase in managed care audits, Dawn Crump, MA,...Read More »
Electronic health records may provide a number of benefits such as improving the continuity of care and making it easier to track and treat multiple co-morbid conditions, they also pose potential safety risks, according to the Toolkit for the Safe Use of Copy and Paste, published by the...Read More »