CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 58

Book Excerpt: APR-DRG and the pediatric CDI professional

December 21, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Having been jointly developed by 3M™ and the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions, the APR-DRG system’s intent was to help describe pediatric patients’ congenital disease processes and depth of resources required to care for complicated pediatric patients.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 58

Local chapter update: Updated agreement form available for leaders

December 21, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Every year, the members of the Chapter Advisory Board (CAB) review the formal ACDIS Local Chapter Agreement Form. This year the CAB and the ACDIS administration put a tremendous amount of effort into re-...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 58

News: Most health systems include only small number of facilities

December 21, 2017
CDI Expansion, News

More than half of the 626 health systems in the United States have only one or two hospitals within the system, but the largest systems have 18 or more hospitals.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 58

ACDIS update: What’s new on the ACDIS website?

December 21, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

As ACDIS gets ready to pull together a new team of volunteers to serve on the CDI Forms & Tools Committee in the new year, we wanted to take a few moments to remind you of some of the resources we’ve...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 58

ACDIS update: Submit your writing to the ACDIS Blog in the new year

December 21, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

The Blog is a great place to share your CDI experiences, tips, and stories with the broader ACDIS membership in a more informal setting than (for instance) the CDI Journal. Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 58

Join us for the CCDS Exam Prep Class this January!

December 21, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Kick off your new year right by joining our expert Boot Camp Instructor in Las Vegas for a two-day CCDS Exam Prep Class, January 22-23!Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 58

ACDIS update: Tell ACDIS what CDI books you need

December 21, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Education

lease take a moment to respond to the new polling question today. It'll only take a moment of your time and it will directly influence ACDIS' offerings in the new year.Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 57

Q&A: Defining medical necessity

March 20, 2018
Ask ACDIS, Quality & Regulatory

Q: We are trying to educate our coding department about medical necessity, but has CMS or Medicare defined it anywhere? How can we explain it to staff?Read More »

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