CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 23

Note from CCDS Coordinator: Do you really need the CCDS certification?

May 18, 2017
Education

I received an interesting question recently from someone contemplating Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) certification. She asked:

"I am wondering whether obtaining the certification gives the CCDS holders any special privileges? Are they able to perform duties that...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 23

News: Many hospitals penalized in the first five years of HRRP

May 18, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

CMS penalized more than half of hospitals participating in its Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) from fiscal year 2013 to 2017, according to a recent Health Affairs study,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 23

News: CMS proposes ample changes to MS-DRGs in 2018 IPPS proposed rule

May 18, 2017
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

On April 14, CMS released the fiscal year 2018 IPPS proposed rule. In addition to several proposed modifications to...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 23

Tip: Clarifying excisional debridements through Coding Clinic

May 18, 2017
Clinical & Coding

by Ghazal Irfan, RHIA

An excisional debridement of the skin or subcutaneous tissue is the surgical removal or cutting away of such tissue, necrosis, or slough and is classified to the root operation Excision. Excisional debridement involves the use of a scalpel to remove...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 23

Q&A: Documenting acute renal insufficiency versus acute renal failure

May 18, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Some CDI specialists tell physicians not to document acute renal insufficiency because it does not code to acute renal failure and I am wondering if that is considered appropriate.

For instance, I was reviewing a chart and the physician documented that the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 23

Membership update: Quarterly conference call focuses on leadership

May 18, 2017
ACDIS Guidance

Did you miss today's ACDIS Quarterly Membership Conference Call? Listen to a recording of the Thursday, May 18, event by ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 23

Meet a Member: Blessed with three loves—her family, the coast of Maine, and her work as a CDI

May 18, 2017
News, Education

Diane Smith, RN, CCDS, a member of the Maine ACDIS Chapter, works at Pen Bay Medical Center in beautiful Rockport. A Connecticut native, she moved to Michigan but found she missed the east coast. On a trip to Maine she fell in love with the beauty of the area and the food. She talked her husband...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 23

Local Chapter updates: Chapter leaders show state-pride at national

May 18, 2017
CDI Expansion, Education

Local chapter leaders from all over the country showed their ACDIS pride on Day 2 of the national conference in Las Vegas last week. (Read more about them in the special conference daily.)

Maryland chapter...Read More »

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