On October 1, 845+ code changes take effect for the 2018 fiscal year. Join ACDIS’ renowned CDI education specialists to learn more about which code set changes offer the greatest opportunities for CDI professionals—and which ones present the most urgent needs for physician engagement and...Read More »
Editor’s note: There are more than 40 local chapters and networking groups across the country and internationally, each led by a team of dedicated volunteers. To support these volunteers the...Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Kristie Perry, RN, MHSA, CCDS, CCS, a CDI specialist at Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga,...Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Caryn Nowak, RHIT, CDIP, a clinical documentation integrity specialist at Rady Children’s Hospital...Read More »
by Julia Hammerman, RHIA, CPHQ, and Sam Champagnie
From internal reviews to external inpatient coding audits, healthcare organizations nationwide are revisiting tried-and-true audit practices with ICD-10 coding quality in mind. MS-DRG validation audits under ICD-10 have also...Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Angie Curry, RN, BSN, CCDS, the CDI director at Conifer Health in Frisco, Texas, a member of the...Read More »
Debra Beisel Denton, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, is the supervisor, HIM system coding educator at Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, Arizona, and the secretary of the Arizona chapter of ACDIS.Read More »