CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 10

ACDIS update: March/April CDI Journal focuses on query practice

March 5, 2020
Physician Queries

Despite its centrality, it’s easy to become complacent when it comes to query practices. Because it’s a “CDI basic,” brushing up on best practices and procedures may take a back seat to flashier pursuits—such as denials management and appeals, clinical validation reviews, quality measures,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 10

ACDIS update: Get the lowdown on top outpatient diagnoses with our March 12 webinar!

March 5, 2020
Outpatient CDI, Education

In the outpatient setting, CDI teams face many challenges—physicians’ fast-paced schedule, varying coding rules, and a different clinical focus from traditional inpatient efforts. CDI professionals may find themselves at a loss for how to approach the query process and physician education....Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 10

Local chapter update: Chapter Advisory Board to focus on leadership engagement

March 5, 2020

The 2020 ACDIS Chapter Advisory Board will be focused on leadership engagement. The Chapter Advisory Board includes volunteers of both past and current chapter leaders from a wide variety of chapter types. ACDIS local chapters are free to determine their own bylaws and structure including the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 9

Note from the ACDIS Associate Editor: Leaping into the 2020 conference

February 27, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

By Carolyn Riel

2020 is one of those oddities that occurs (almost) every four years: a leap year. Leap years were first created to account for the mismatch of timing between the Earth making one revolution on is own, or a day, and how long it takes to travel around the sun, which...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 9

News: New sepsis cost and prevalence data “astonished” researchers

February 27, 2020
Clinical & Coding, News

The largest sepsis study ever conducted with Medicare data found a 40% increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with the infection between 2012 and 2018, reported HealthLeaders Media.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 270,000...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 9

News: CMS develops new code for coronavirus lab test

February 27, 2020
Clinical & Coding, News

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been closely monitoring an outbreak of the respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, and which continues to expand through out the world. At the beginning of February,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 9

News: Value-based metrics penalize top-performing hospitals, study suggests

February 27, 2020
News

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology showed hospitals that are recognized for high-quality cardiac care are also more likely to be penalized under value-based payment models, HealthLeaders Media reported.

Researchers...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 9

Q&A: Viral sepsis versus viral sepsis syndrome

February 27, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

I am a little confused about sepsis coding. I understand that the documentation of “sepsis syndrome” should be queried, but when should “viral sepsis” versus “viral sepsis syndrome” be used?Read More »

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