Editor’s Note: Over the coming weeks on the ACDIS Blog, we’ll introduce a few of this year’s speakers who are heading to the podium for the...Read More »
Recently, ACDIS celebrated an exciting milestone as we welcomed the 5,000th member to our association. Our profession has grown enormously in the last decade—and so has ACDIS—and we are thrilled that, as our rosters grow, we are able to expand the...Read More »
Let’s face it, working with providers isn’t always a positive experience.
It can be tough providing them education or getting responses from queries. Busy providers typically don’t want anything to do with coding. When they hear anything about coding...Read More »
he 2017 ACDIS Conference Committee will meet via conference call on a regular basis. The 12-member team will establish core session topics, special panels and events, review speaker applications and presentation proposals, assess presentations to determine audience level, and ultimately select...Read More »
The MS-DRG 884, organic disturbances and mental retardation, received a request for a title change, in the 2017 IPPS proposed rule released by CMS, to organic disturbances and intellectual disability to...Read More »
Q: What exactly are DRG 067 and 068; nonspecific cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and pre-cerebral occlusion without infarct? How is it different than transient ischemic attack (TIA) or CVA?
A: Diagnostic related groups (DRGs) assist us in classifying...Read More »