The ACDIS CDI Regulatory Committee recently submitted comments to CMS on behalf of the ACDIS membership regarding the fiscal year (FY) 2021 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule.
I am seeing many patients who manifest diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and COVID-19 symptoms with provider documentation indicating that the COVID-19 infection likely drove the DKA. I have been sequencing COVID-19 as the principal diagnosis, but our coding team wants to use the DKA.
ACDIS is built by many individual members, each volunteering their time and expertise for the furthering of the CDI profession. There are 10 separate boards and committees of volunteers working behind the scenes month in and month out to make ACDIS the best association it can be. Right now,...Read More »
Every year, ACDIS celebrates exceptional CDI professionals through the ACDIS Achievement Awards. Nominations come from peers in the industry. The ACDIS Conference Committee then reviews applications and chooses the final winners. This process takes hours of work and dedication to complete....Read More »
The ACDIS Local Chapter Leadership & Chapter Advisory Board Open Call takes place tomorrow, June 12, at 12:00 p.m. eastern. All chapter leadership members are invited to join the conversation.
One rarely thinks of CDI as having a moral dimension. But when we do think about it, we consider ourselves doing the “right thing” for patients to have their complexity of illness fully documented within the medical record. If we divorce...Read More »
