Q: I would like to add encephalopathy due to UTI to our quick coding tips. Coding Clinic instructs coding professionals to code as G93.49, other encephalopathy, which is now a CC. The CDI specialists want to query for metabolic...Read More »
ACDIS members are invited to participate in ACDIS’ Quarterly Membership Conference Call on Thursday, November 29. Please note that this call was initially scheduled for today, November 15, but has been postponed till after the holiday. During the call, the ACDIS Advisory Board and members of the...Read More »
No matter what stage your chapter is in—from meeting at a local coffee shop for an hour after work, to all-day multi-speaker events—the ACDIS Local Chapter Leadership Toolkit has resources for you.Read More »
What makes the ACDIS Conference so special? In this video, ACDIS Director Brian Murphy shares what makes this event unique, some of the exciting 2019 session topics, and the 2019 theme.Read More »
The first time I read “airway protection” documented in the medical record, I realized it would require a more in-depth record review and research because airway protection by itself is not a diagnosis. It does, however, imply potential or impending...Read More »
Outpatient CDI has been compared to the “wild west,” and with good reason. It reminds me very much of what the old days of this country were like, when there were wide open frontiers to be explored, gold to be mined, land to be claimed, and a mad rush to get...Read More »