The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (...Read More »
With more than 40 local chapters, networking groups, and even international CDI efforts related to ACDIS, some are surprised to learn that there is no direct financial relationship between the national organization and these component groups.Read More »
by Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, and Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS
In response to providers’ complaints of burdensome regulatory documentation, CMS proposed in July 2018 to reduce the number of evaluation and management (E/M) levels to two and reduce documentation requirements for...Read More »
A quarter of respondents call their CDI program’s relationship with coding “fair” or “poor” according to a September 26, 2018, ACDIS Radio episode. Despite being called the bridge between the coding and clinical worlds, CDI professionals frequently need to build or repair their relationship with...Read More »
Even on a small scale, knowing where to start with an outpatient CDI program implementation can leave leaders at a loss. Add in the complications of a large healthcare system and things can get even hairier. With multiple sites and teams dispersed geographically, there’s a lot to consider before...Read More »
by Tammy Trombley, RHIT, CDIP, CCDS
Recently, an outpatient CDI review project at a large family practice/internal medicine physician clinic identified numerous coding errors on physician-coded claims. More than half of the errors affected risk adjustment for the CMS-Hierarchical...Read More »
by William E. Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP
Complex pneumonias such as Gram-negative bacterial pneumonias and aspiration pneumonias segregate to a higher-weighted MS-DRG (MS-DRGs 177–179 [Respiratory Infections and Inflammations]) than simple pneumonias such as Streptococcus pneumoniae...Read More »
by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS
The last quarter of the year typically includes a large number of items for the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS publication. This recent release doesn’t disappoint, with a whopping 94 pages worth of material...Read More »
