The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced during the March 18 ICD-10-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting that a new code specifically for reporting COVID-19 will be available for use starting on April 1, 2020. The code will be housed in Chapter 22, Codes for...Read More »
Q: We’re having some trouble with malnutrition documentation. In many instances, the patient meets the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) criteria and the provider agrees with the query, but then doesn’t expand on the diagnosis in their documentation. We’re then...Read More »
Franchesca T. DeLisser, MSHI, BSN, RN, is the director of CDI at Ensemble Health Partners/Bon Secours Mercy Health—Richmond (Virginia) market. She is the co-leader for the Virginia ACDIS local chapter and has been in the CDI field since February 2014.Read More »
The fourth annual ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI conference takes place November 12-13, 2020, at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, and the call for speaker applications is now open.Read More »
In a special edition of the ACDIS Podcast: Talking CDI, ACDIS Director Brian Murphy hosted four CDI leaders on how their organizations and CDI departments are handling the current COVID-19 pandemic.
While the live show experienced technical difficulties and had to be discontinued...Read More »
The ACDIS leadership team is closely monitoring the events unfolding with COVID-19 as we know you are too. Many of you are planning your events; spring has traditionally been a busy time for our local chapters.
Please know first and foremost that your health, safety, and well-being are...Read More »
Back in the day, the medical record review process consisted of the following steps: a provider documenting a diagnosis, coders coding and reporting it, and the facility getting paid. No further questions were asked about the validity of the diagnosis submitted...Read More »
The first week of the month is typically the time when ACDIS CDI Education Director Laurie Prescott and I spend with our PROPELCDI clients during their regular educational calls. It’s always heartwarming when an attendee expresses...Read More »
