CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 3

Ask ACDIS: Coding Clinic clarifies SIRS query questions

July 1, 2011
Ask ACDIS

Q: How should I query for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) if SIRS codes to sepsis? I want to correctly query and obtain the proper supporting information in the medical record in the event of an audit. Any discussion on this topic is appreciated.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 3

Q&A: Reinforcing the importance of a physician advisor

February 3, 2011
Ask ACDIS

Q: Our small hospital has decided at this time that they no longer need the services of a Physician Advisor (PA). He will only be here another sixty days. Can you tell me from your perspective why a hospital should have a PA?Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 3

Value-based purchasing presents new CDI opportunities

July 1, 2011
Quality & Regulatory

Starting October 2012, Medicare will begin paying hospitals for quality measures, according to a CMS fact sheet released April 29. The new Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program adopts performance measures under two “domains”:

  1. Clinical process, composed of 12 measures 
    2. ...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 3

CDI efforts in the ED need not be traumatic

July 1, 2011
CDI Expansion

In room 34 of the emergency department (ED) at Healthytown Municipal Hospital, a morbidly obese woman breathes with the aid of a face mask. A CDI specialist walks by and notices how the woman’s abdomen, not just her chest, rises and falls and decides to take a look at what the physician has...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 3

Suggested ACDIS ICD-10 implementation timeline

July 1, 2011
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Editor’s note: The following timeline contains step-by-step guidance for meeting the ICD-10 go-live date of October 1, 2013, collected and approved by the ACDIS advisory board. It includes material from the “AHIMA ICD- 10-CM/PCS Transition: Planning and Preparation Checklist.” It can be...Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 5, Issue 2

Council member Q&A: CDI productivity

February 13, 2023
Leadership Council, CDI Management

ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis. Anyone with experience related to one of the questions was invited to respond and Archibald connected them with the question-asker. In order to share...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 2

Guest Post: Thoughts on evaluating vendors/consultants

January 23, 2012
ACDIS Guidance, Policies & Procedures

by Donald A. Butler

A CDI Talk string discussed ideas for evaluating consultants—a conversation that didn’t gather much steam. So I thought I would throw some ideas out to CDI “blog-o-sphere” to discover what floats.

When considering whether to enter into a...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 5, Issue 2

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

April 1, 2011
Director’s note 4
ACDIS launches bylaws committee.
 
Ask ACDIS           5
Pulmonary insufficiency after trauma/surgery vs. postop acute respiratory failure.
 
Lung cancer reviews      ...Read More »

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