Q: If the acute respiratory failure is due to pneumonia and the respiratory failure resolves rather quickly, but the patient remains in the hospital for treatment of pneumonia, shouldn’t pneumonia be sequenced as the principal diagnosis? The basis of this question is not solely about...Read More »
There’s only a few more days left to get a discounted hotel room rate for the ACDIS Conference. Reserve your room by April 12 to take full advantage of the discount. The conference takes place from...Read More »
ACDIS has new applications for local chapters and vendors to use to request CCDS continuing education units (CEUs). These are editable PDFs. No more writing applications out by hand!Read More »
As the CDI profession grows, more CDI specialists wish to transition to a leadership role. It’s difficult, though, to know how to advance in leadership roles or what roles and responsibilities a CDI specialist in a management position may be tasked with.Read More »
ACDIS leadership really enjoyed listening to and reading the recap of the bi-annual CA ACDIS chapter educational call in the chapter’s newsletter. The call, which took place on March 22, featured a discussion of...Read More »
Q: Lately, we have been receiving responses of “did not assess or treat” or “this is a chronic stable medical problem not associated with the patient’s presentation,” although the nutritional assessment such as severe malnutrition is...Read More »
These days it seems sepsis is constantly in the news. Hardly a day passes where the efficacy of some new life-saving drug is being advocated or disputed, a sepsis DRG downgraded, or Sepsis-2 versus Sepsis-3 definitions debated. We’ve also had some major recent news from the likes of the...Read More »
