CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 33

ACDIS update: Call for 2022 speakers ends September 3

August 19, 2021
Education

The ACDIS 2022 Conference speakers application period is currently open and closes on September 3. The 2022 Conference will be in Kissimmee, Florida, and takes place May 2-5. If you are interested in applying to speak at the Conference, be sure to do so before your time runs out on September 3...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 33

ACDIS update: Unsure of terms of uncertainty? What we know

August 19, 2021

by Kay Piper, RHIA, CDIP, CCS

As an inpatient coder or CDI specialist, do you, like me, feel relief that ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting direct to code an uncertain diagnosis documented at discharge as confirmed? You can probably recite the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 33

Local chapter update: Share staff game ideas at your chapter meetings

August 19, 2021
CDI Management

The ACDIS CDI Educator networking group gathered recently for a virtual meeting where they discussed ideas for games to play and bring everyone closer together.

For example, CDI Bingo was a game mentioned.  For this game, bingo cards are released to the team on a Monday with relevant...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 32

Note from the ACDIS Director: Getting CMS’ ear on malnutrition

August 12, 2021
Clinical & Coding

by Brian Murphy

Few diagnoses seem to be under the microscope so intensely as severe malnutrition. A year ago, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the report “Hospitals Overbilled Medicare $1 Billion by...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 32

News: COVID-19 complications can be assessed with natural language processing, study shows

August 12, 2021
News

Natural language processing (NLP) can be used to sort through EHR data of COVID-19 patients and “map the relationships between complications, comorbidities, and outcomes” in the hospitalized patients, according to a study published by ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 32

News: OIG investigates Aetna in its latest round of audits

August 12, 2021
Denials & Appeals, News

Following a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) earlier this year showing an increase of Medicare billing for high-level inpatient stays over the past six years...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 32

News: 2021 PSI specification updates posted

August 12, 2021
Clinical & Coding, News

The 2021 patient safety indicators (PSI) specification updates were posted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRP).

PSIs provide information on “potentially avoidable safety events that...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 32

Q&A: A GMLOS primer

August 12, 2021
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

I’ve heard that the geometric length of stay (GMLOS) is always rounded to the nearest whole number as inpatient claims are paid by day. Based on my understanding of the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS), I thought that each inpatient stay is paid by a fixed amount, regardless of the...Read More »

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