CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 8

Q&A: Coding highest level of specificity for kidney disease

February 16, 2017
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: A patient presented to the hospital for a coronary artery bypass graph (CABG) and stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD). After surgery, the physician documented additional kidney damage, end stage renal disease (ESRD), and dialysis. ESRD is a MCC, however, the coder thinks...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 8

Membership Update: ACDIS 2017 physician query benchmarking survey

February 16, 2017
Physician Queries

Wondering how your CDI query efforts stack up against national norms? Wish you had some national benchmarking data at your fingertips to help you understand your physician's engagement with your CDI program?

Please take 10 minutes to participate in the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 8

Membership Update: February Conference Call recording posted

February 16, 2017
News, Quality & Regulatory

We hope you enjoyed the February 16 Quarterly Conference call. During this call the ACDIS Advisory Board addressed:

  • Sepsis-3
  • Vidant response to OIG audit findings regarding malnutrition
  • Escalation policies and verbal query compliance
  • How to handle "NSTEMI
    • ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 8

Membership Update: ACDIS achievement awards deadline February 17

February 16, 2017
ACDIS Guidance

There’s still one day left to nominate a colleague for an ACDIS Achievement Award. We want to help you honor someone who has helped make a difference at your facility, who’s made significant contributions to the CDI field, or is an outspoken advocate for CDI.

The deadline for nominations...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 8

Local Chapter Updates: Upcoming events across the country

February 16, 2017
Education

The following is a list of all the upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@hcpro.com) and Linnea Archibald (...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 7

Guest Post: New techniques to improve computer-assisted coding accuracy

January 9, 2018
ACDIS Guidance, Physician Queries

by Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS

Computer-assisted coding (CAC) is to native, manual coding as reading Dickens’ Great Expectations for an English class is to reading the book for pleasure (in my opinion).Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 7

News: Copy and paste issues affect patient safety

February 9, 2017
CDI Management, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, News, Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

Since the advent of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, CDI professionals have known that physician copy and paste errors pose a threat to accurate documentation. Consequently, these errors can also negatively affect patient safety as well, according to a...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 7

News: CERT review shows insufficient documentation for facet joint injections

February 9, 2017
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, News, Policies & Procedures, Quality & Regulatory

A Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) study showed insufficient documentation caused the most improper payments for facet joint injections, according to the January 2016 Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter.Read More »

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