Angelisa Romanello, RN, BSN, FNS, CCDS, is the manager of CDI at CJW Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia. An AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer, she is the current president of the Virginia ACDIS chapter and has been working in the CDI arena for seven years.Read More »
CDI and coders alike will probably have the most difficulty when it comes to using the new ICD-10-PCS codes.CDI staff need to learn what information the coding staff needs to correctly code a chart. Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, Third...Read More »
Each year, four new advisory board members step forward to lend leadership to the ACDIS membership, and four trusted members take a step back from their roles. While new members will be elected by the ACDIS membership in January, ACDIS wants to thank its outgoing representatives for the terrific...Read More »
The quarterly CDI Journal offers CE credits towards the ACDIS CCDS certification. To obtain your CCDS continuing education credits, you must successfully complete the online continuing education quiz. Please note: The expiration date for this activity is January 1, 2016.You...Read More »
What does it mean to have an "advanced" CDI program? For that matter, what does it mean to be an "experienced" CDI professional? "It's more than just a program's age and more than just the number of years an individual has been involved in CDI efforts," says Dee Banet, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDI...Read More »
?ACDIS Radio? is a new biweekly program that runs every other Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. ET to roughly noon. It is dedicated to bringing you the latest ideas, hot topics of discussion, and industry news of relevance to my favorite position in healthcare?that being CDI, of course.Read More »
The volume of outpatient care continues to rise. In the United States in 2010, there were 100.7 million outpatient department visits, 128.7 million ED visits, and 51.4 million procedures, according to Centers for Disease Control and...Read More »
