Q: Does your facility currently abide by any policies when it comes to coding ‘obesity’ and/or ‘morbid obesity’ in terms of requirements for the provider to document how the diagnosis has met the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) definition of ‘monitoring, evaluating,...Read More »
Q: Does documentation for a drug or alcohol use disorder need to specifically state “in remission,” or is a history of drug use sufficient to classify the condition as in remission?
A: Effective October 1, 2022, coders will find the following new ICD-10-...Read More »
As part of the twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Ashley Wells, MN, RN, CMSRN, CCDS, a CDI specialist III at Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas, answered these...Read More »
As part of the twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Maria Garcia (GiGi) Donohue, RN, BSN, CCDS, the regional manager of clinical documentation excellence at Orlando Health in...Read More »
As part of the twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Lena Wilson, MHI, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, the RCS specialized manager of CDI and ICD-10 clinical education at Indiana University...Read More »
As part of the twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Hiral Patel, MHI, BSN, RN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center in Dallas,...Read More »
