As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Laurie Morelle, RN, MS, CCDS, manager of clinical documentation at Lifespan Corporate in Providence...Read More »
Deanne Wilk, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, will be presenting “What’s in a Review? Key Factors to Include and Exclude,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS conference.Read More »
It seems like we’ve been waiting and planning forever, but CDI Week 2017 is just around the corner. This year’s festivities officially take place September 18-22, but we know CDI specialists have been planning for much longer than that—and, for that matter, so...Read More »
The 2018 CPT manual contains a total of 314 code changes, including updates that range from revised observation visits in the E/M chapter to new photodynamic therapy services in the medicine chapter and two new modifiers, according to...Read More »
CMS could immediately reduce the regulatory burden on hospitals, health systems, and the patients they serve, according to AHA News. The AHA is assembling a report for...Read More »
CMS hopes to pilot a new, hybrid, hospital-wide readmissions measure that would estimate unplanned readmissions by leveraging Medicare claims data and clinical data from within the electronic medical record, according to the fiscal year 2018 IPPS final rule. The pilot is a precursor for a...Read More »
Q: In a case where the patient has a history of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) documented, why would ESRD be coded as a secondary diagnosis?Read More »
