CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 36

Q&A: Clarifying inclusion and exclusion notes

September 3, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Can you please clarify these 3 areas in the DRG Expert for me? Inclusion notes Exclussion1 notes Exclussion2 notes and how that translates in the coding world?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 35

ACDIS update: ACDIS participates in joint statement on OIG severe malnutrition report

August 27, 2020
ACDIS Guidance

In conjunction with The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy), the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), ACDIS recently collaborated on a joint statement in response...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 35

ACDIS update: MIS-C ACDIS Podcast episode now available

August 27, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Following some technical difficulties, a recorded version of the August 12 ACDIS Podcast is now available on our website and via Apple Podcasts,...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 35

ACDIS update: A September full of ACDIS fun—scholarships, CDI Week, and virtual events

August 27, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Education

September is an exciting time for ACDIS and CDI professionals with a few noteworthy things to look forward to.

First, the ACDIS Scholarship application period opens on Tuesday, September 1. The purpose of this scholarship is to assist...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 34

Note from the ACDIS Director: Tough times make tough people

August 20, 2020
ACDIS Guidance

​by Brian Murphy

“Tough times don’t last, tough people do.” I love this simple quote and stand behind its meaning, but 2020 has put that saying to the test. 

But I know that these times won’t last. History, and the resilience of human beings, has shown us...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 34

ACDIS update: Boot Camps now offered live, virtually!

August 20, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Education

Now for the first time, ACDIS is offering live, virtual Boot Camps, the first of which starts on September 14. Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 34

ACDIS update: Submit your articles for the last CDI Journal of 2020

August 20, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Denials & Appeals

​ACDIS is looking for folks to submit their ideas for the next, and last 2020 edition (November/December) of the CDI Journal. This edition is focused on denials management and appeals.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 33

Q&A: Querying for a CAUTI

August 13, 2020
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

One of my physicians recently documented this statement “urine MRSA positive, but patient asymptomatic and vital signs stable, likely colonization from chronic catheter.” Based on this documentation, could we code a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)?Read More »

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