The ACDIS Regulatory Committee recently posted its topics for October and November including:
Right middle cerebral artery infarction and bilateral carotid artery occlusion query generation to clarify if occlusion/stenosis was present at both carotid and MCA sites, requesting
As we approach the holidays, now is the time to see what your local chapter can do to give back to the community around you. The Maryland ACDIS chapter makes a point to meet annually for a toy drive, and the following content was written by Maryland chapter leader Deb McClain. Consider what your...Read More »
Aside from a defense attorney mindset, there are additional processes that can improve your chances of winning an appeal and successfully overturning a denial.
When Kimberly Huff, COC, CCDS, clinical validation denials coordinator at Providence St. Joseph Health,...Read More »
How is it November? Fates be praised that it is November. Soon, Thanksgiving and whatever turkey, stuffing, cranberry delights represent your holiday tradition no doubt will come your way. Soon, the start of winter and its lights.
In the case of documentation for a patient that had a hemorrhagic stroke and then a seizure, without pre-existing seizure disorder, are there coding rules to help with sequencing? Would it be appropriate to code epilepsy? What if the documentation describes a tonic clonic seizure, can we take...Read More »
