ACDIS is looking for folks to submit their ideas for the next edition (September/October) of the CDI Journal. This edition will be focused on leadership skills and career development. Submissions should be 750-1,500 words long.
While the ACDIS team welcomes articles focused on...Read More »
More than 70 members of the local chapter leadership community joined the Chapter Advisory Board last Friday for a conversation on how chapters are adapting to COVID-19 shelter in place recommendations and finding ways to continue to bring education forward to their members. If you missed the...Read More »
You would think that actually defining something would make it easier to recognize. That statement assumes, of course, that you can actually define what you’re trying to see. (I’m reminded of Justice Potter Stewart’s quote on obscenity, “I shall...Read More »
One of the recent developments in ACDIS, of which I’m particularly proud, is the formation and subsequent efforts of the ACDIS Regulatory Committee. This group of individuals, led by its inestimable chair Candace...Read More »
The ACDIS CDI Regulatory Committee recently submitted comments to CMS on behalf of the ACDIS membership regarding the fiscal year (FY) 2021 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule.
I am seeing many patients who manifest diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and COVID-19 symptoms with provider documentation indicating that the COVID-19 infection likely drove the DKA. I have been sequencing COVID-19 as the principal diagnosis, but our coding team wants to use the DKA.
