Vaping-related lung injuries are currently on the rise. The occurrence of serious and even fatal lung disease associated with vaping has been reported this year, with an increasing number of cases in the last few months. The specific agent or...Read More »
The ACDIS Podcast: Talking CDI is a biweekly live podcast devoted to hot topics in CDI. Here’s what listeners can expect to hear on the airwaves over the coming weeks.Read More »
Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, and Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O, HCS-D, will present “Eeeny-Meeny-Miney-Mo: Picking the First One is a No! The Pitfalls of Provider Self-Coding” on Day 1 of the...Read More »
Pre-order your copy of the 2020 ACDIS Pocket Guide now, and we'll enter you into a raffle to win one of five free registrations to the 2020 ACDIS Conference!Read More »
I don’t know about all you folks out there, but sometimes working in the trenches and doing chart reviews all day long can get a little bland…as bland as my light grey cubicle accentuated by the (not-so) glow of the florescent lighting down in the...Read More »
Alasha L. Hunt, RN, RT(R) CT, joined the CDI professional a little more than a year ago and works as a CDI specialist at Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Maryland. Though it’s more than three hours away, she plans to attend the annual Maryland ACDIS local chapter conference on...Read More »
In addition to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting applicable to the inpatient code assignment and the ICD-10-CM/PCS code set, two sets of guidelines exist solely for evaluation and management (E/M) coding—...Read More »
To be successful CDI programs need to expand across the care continuum into the ambulatory and the post-acute care setting to capture all diseases and conditions that paint the picture of patient care.Read More »
