CDI Journal - Volume 8, Issue 4

Coding Clinic CDI update: Second Quarter advice on PCS coding and documentation

October 1, 2014
Clinical & Coding

by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS

Despite all the uncertainty surrounding the beginning of ICD-10-CM/PCS, the Cooperating Parties (i.e., the American Hospital Association, AHIMA, CMS, and the National Center for Healthcare Statistics) nevertheless decided that the farewell issue of...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 4

News: Congress proposes new bill to reform physician payments

February 13, 2014
News, Quality & Regulatory

Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, and House Energy and Commerce committees combined multiple Medicare physician payment reform proposals into one bipartisan bill titled SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, released Feb. 6.  

 
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 4

News: CMS hosts ICD-10 summit Friday; Physician Compare meeting Feb. 24

February 13, 2014
News

News: CMS hosts ICD-10 summit Friday; Physician Compare meeting Feb. 24Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 4

Q&A: Linking/unlinking osteomyelitis with diabetes diagnosis

February 13, 2014
Ask ACDIS

Please clarify the rule regarding presumption of the link of diabetes, when documented, to the diagnosis of osteomyelitis when both are documented by the provider.Read More »
CDI Leadership Insider - Volume 8, Issue 3

Council member Q&A: Performance improvement plans

March 9, 2026
CDI Management, Leadership Council

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 8, Issue 3

Which diagnosis is principal?

February 2, 2015
Clinical & Coding

Most coders and CDI specialists are familiar with the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) definition of principal diagnosis: the condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care.

That seems like a...Read More »
CDI Journal - Volume 8, Issue 3

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

July 1, 2014

 

Director’s Note, 5
CDI Week theme set: Focus on quality
 
ICD-10,  6
Dual coding/CDI keeps facilities on track
 
Civics Lessons, 8
Gloryanne Bryant offers...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 8, Issue 3

Director’s Note: ACDIS welcomes new parent company

January 30, 2014
ACDIS Guidance

ACDIS' parent company HCPro Inc., was recently acquired by Fortis Business Media, LLC, based in Brentwood, Tenn.Read More »

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