CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 53

News: CDC reports over 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections annually

November 21, 2019
News, Quality & Regulatory

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that antibiotic-resistant (AR) bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths per year in the United States, HealthLeaders Media reported. In a 2013 report, the CDC found that at...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 53

Q&A: Reporting diabetes, CKD, and HTN in ICD-10-CM

November 21, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

We had a patient with Type 2 diabetes who was admitted for hypoglycemia with metabolic encephalopathy. The patient also had stage 2 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and a diagnosis of hypertension (HTN). Which ICD-10-CM codes should we assign for this patient’s encounter?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 53

Symposium spotlight: Outpatient CDI fun and education—Texas style

November 21, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, CDI Management, Outpatient CDI, Education

It’s hard to believe that the 2019 ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI has already come and gone. ACDIS hosts two conferences every year: the national conference in May, and the outpatient symposium in November. While the national conference has been around for going on 13 years, the symposium got...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 53

ACDIS update: Last chance to respond to 2019 CDI Salary Survey

November 21, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

Every year, ACDIS’ annual CDI Salary Survey garners more than 1,000 responses, each one representing an important thread in the tapestry of CDI career advancement and compensation. The 2019 Salary Survey will be closed soon, so if you haven’t responded yet, please do so now.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 53

ACDIS update: ACDIS office closed for Thanksgiving, November 28-29

November 21, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

To celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday next week, the ACDIS offices will be closed starting on Thursday, November 28, and will reopen on Monday, December 3. As a result, there won’t be an issue of CDI Strategies next week either.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 53

Local chapter update: Send meeting plans to ACDIS, reach new attendees

November 21, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion

ACDIS national is here to support local chapter events, helping your networking group reach new attendees and carry out successful events—large and small. The ACDIS leadership team is happy to sit in on your leadership meetings and event planning calls. One of the most everyday ways we can help...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 13, Issue 52

Guest post: Documentation, billing, and coding bronchopulmonary dysplasia

October 13, 2020
Clinical & Coding

​by Shabih Manzar, MD

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a disease that affects infants who were born prematurely. The incidence of the condition is inversely proportional to the gestation age of the infant. It is a multifactorial disease that remains...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 52

Note from the ACDIS Director: Live from the Outpatient CDI Symposium

November 14, 2019
ACDIS Guidance, Outpatient CDI

by Brian Murphy

If our home office in Middleton, Massachusetts, is a little slow to respond this week, it’s because we’re up to the top of our cowboy boots in outpatient CDI, at the third annual ACDIS Symposium: Outpatient CDI. My note is coming from you live from the floor of...Read More »

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