CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 3

ACDIS comments to CMS on FY 2011 IPPS proposed rule

July 1, 2010
ACDIS Guidance, Quality & Regulatory

The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) is pleased to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed changes to the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and proposed fiscal year (FY) 2011 rates, as published...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 3

News: ACDIS members' quarterly conference call next week

February 4, 2010
News
The next quarterly conference call is scheduled for Thursday, February 18, 2-3 p.m. E.S.T. ACDIS members have received dial-in instructions via e-mail; if you are an ACDIS member and did not receive your instructions, please contact ACDIS member relations specialist Sue...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 3

Case Study: Alternative staff schedules offer CDI opportunities

July 1, 2010
CDI Management

When Melanie Halpern, RN-BC, MBA, CCDS, CCRA, CDI manager at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)conducted interviews, she thought she had found the perfect candidate. But there was a catch: The individual lived three hours away, which was too far of a commute to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 3

Q&A: Sepsis vs. SIRS

February 4, 2010
Ask ACDIS

Q: A patient with a urinary tract infection appeared septic, and she also fit the criteria for sepsis. The physician documented the patient had SIRS but not sepsis. From a coding standpoint, SIRS is sepsis. So I’m confused about the...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 3

Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, second quarter 2010 update

August 20, 2010
Clinical & Coding

Attached is a supplement to the July 2010 issue of CDI Journal. It provides important updates every CDI specialist should know regarding new guidance issued in AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, Second Quarter, 2010. The author of the article is James Kennedy, MD, CCS, of FTI...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 4, Issue 2

Council member Q&A: Vizient risk diagnoses and 3M 360

February 14, 2022
Leadership Council, Ask ACDIS

Starting in January 2022, Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald began sending out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members every Monday. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 4, Issue 2

Prevent RAC denials: Improve excisional debridement documentation

February 1, 2011
Denials & Appeals, Quality & Regulatory

by Trey La Charité, MD

Every institution reading this column has likely received its first recovery audit contractor (RAC) denials regarding the documentation and coding of excisional debridement procedures (86.22). Our hospital is no exception. While we knew that this...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2

Download the PDF of the entire April 2010 issue of the CDI Journal

April 1, 2010

Director’s note 3
The upcoming 2010 ACDIS conference offers three new tracks.

Case study 4
Career switch results in two-year program growth.

Strategies for team building 5
Regular meetings, clear expectations help foster CDI/HIM relationship...Read More »

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