As director of ACDIS, I could not be prouder of the way our members and the CDI community as a whole have stepped up in the midst of the worst pandemic since the days of the Spanish flu. COVID-19 has overwhelmed emergency departments and ICUs, exposed flaws in...Read More »
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released a checklist to help medical practices shut down due to COVID-19 take steps to safely reopen, reported...Read More »
According to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, first quarter 2020, “when COVID-19 meets the definition of principal or first-listed diagnosis, code U07.1, COVID-19, should be sequenced first, and followed by the appropriate codes for associated...Read More »
Hopefully you know all about our CDI Boot Camps by now. Maybe your facility has already held an in-person Boot Camp, or maybe you’ve seen some of the abundant...Read More »
Did you miss the lunchtime tour of the ACDIs membership benefits and website offerings with Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas and Editor Linnea Archibald? Don’t worry! The video was recorded and is available now in the...Read More »
ACDIS members are invited to participate in ACDIS’ Quarterly Membership Conference Call next Thursday, May 21, at 1 p.m. eastern. During the call, the ACDIS advisory board and members of the ACDIS administration team will discuss the 12 most common questions ACDIS receives on the topic of COVID-...Read More »