CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 6

ACDIS update: Regulatory Committee publishes sepsis definitions paper

February 7, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Sepsis is a common clinical finding in patients admitted to the hospital. Documenting the presence of sepsis is critical to best determine each individual patient’s needs for care. However, clinicians often vary in their definitions of sepsis or fail to note the presence of sepsis in the medical...Read More »
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Podcast Recap: Home health CDI: Different setting, same CDI

November 1, 2019
CDI Expansion, Quality & Regulatory

“We felt that if we had our own internal dedicated team, we could watch [CDI efforts] much more closely,” said Caryl Liptak, MSHAI, RHIA, system director of CDI and coding at Baptist Health System in Louisville, Kentucky, when asked about bringing their home health CDI program in-house instead...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 6

ACDIS update: Join us to discuss the 4th universal MI definition on Tuesday, February 12

February 7, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

“Is my patient with elevated troponin having an MI?” With the new, 4th Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (MI) definition, providers need to ask this question. The new definitions poses...Read More »
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Community care: CDI programs’ role in population health initiatives

November 1, 2019
Quality & Regulatory

The fiscal year 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule threw gas on the population health fire when it proposed giving social determinants of health (SDOH) codes more weight as complications/comorbid conditions (CC). The final rule threw some water on the pyre, however,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 6

Local chapter update: Choosing leaders, submitting your 2019 Chapter Agreement form

February 7, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Education

ACDIS National requires local chapters be led by at least three individuals from three different organizations. It’s a section of the agreement that brings up a lot of questions from new folks, so ACDIS wanted to provide a bit of the reasoning behind the requirement.Read More »
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Regulatory Committee insight: Summarizing the C&M Committee meeting

November 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

by Teresa Krepps, RHIT, CCS, CCDS

The ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee met on September 10–11, 2019 to discuss code proposals for implementation on October 1, 2020, for fiscal year 2021. Several members of the ACDIS CDI Regulatory Committee listened to or...Read More »
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Coding Corner: Review updates to the 2020 ICD-10-CM Guidelines

November 1, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

by Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC

The fiscal year (FY) 2020 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, released shortly after the FY 2020 ICD-10-CM code release, provide instructions for healthcare professionals on how to appropriately report...Read More »
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Physician Advisor's Corner: Ending conflicting documentation

November 1, 2019
Quality & Regulatory

by Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS

The concept of “conflicting documentation” is a frustrating and never-ending annoyance in the CDI arena. I have grown to despise the phrase that I hear daily, as it suggests that doctors are warring with each other in the medical...Read More »

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