ACDIS will reach out to its membership on an annual basis to promote local chapter growth for those which have a signed agreement on file. Leaders, however, can further participation themselves as well.Read More »
The rule includes updates to quality initiatives and changes to the 2019 ICD-10-CM/PCS codes. Coming in at 1,883 pages, this year’s proposal tops last year’s by 51 pages.Read More »
While the May/June edition of the CDI Journal hasn’t yet released, the ACDIS team already has their sights set on the July/August edition. And, we need your help.Read More »
Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, LDN, FASPEN, and Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, will present “GLIM: The New Malnutrition Clinical Criteria and Implications for the CDI Profession,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS conference. Compher is a professor of nutrition science at the University of Pennsylvania School...Read More »
From the “Oh, no!” files, here’s a story about a Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) exam candidate who missed the exam because he went to the wrong address. The candidate scheduled his test in a large city that just happens to have two H&R...Read More »
Q:Is it a coder’s responsibility to properly sequence secondary diagnoses or is this a process that happens when the codes are transferred to the super bill? My concern is with making sure that heavily weighted secondary...Read More »
Cecilia Guardiola, RN, resigned from her position as corporate director of CDI after three months over concerns that Banner Health seemed to be billing Medicare improperly.Read More »