It was hardly explicit that organizations could rebill on an outpatient basis (or fully bill) for services denied as non-medically necessary in an inpatient setting. However, on March 13, CMS issued a...Read More »
In order to meet the ICD-10 October 1, 2014, implementation timeline, CMS began making necessary changes to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) hard-coded shared system edits in January 2013, and will continue to make changes quarterly through October 2013,...Read More »
Q: How are staffing needs expected to change in relationship to ICD-10?
A: I’m not aware of any benchmarks for CDI staffing in consideration for ICD-10. There is so much diversity among CDI departments and their responsibilities regarding ICD-10 that it is hard to establish any...Read More »
ACDIS CDI Leadership Council members have access to a dedicated thread on the ACDIS Forum to collaborate and share experiences with one another. Members are encouraged to visit the Forum and weigh in on any topic with which they have experience. In order to share the information more broadly,...Read More »
Q: I need help identifying the principal diagnosis for the following situation. The patient presented with shortness of breath and hypoxia, and had emergent dialysis which resolved his symptoms. However the patient’s international normalized ratio (INR) was sub therapeutic due...Read More »
