Q: I’m trying to decide between the codes F14.121 (Cocaine abuse with intoxication with delirium) and T40.5X5A (Adverse effect of cocaine, initial encounter). The patient presented to the emergency department with altered mental status...Read More »
Q:Why would the principal diagnosis be catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) when sepsis is also present? I thought it would be always be sepsis. Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Kristie Perry, RN, MHSA, CCDS, CCS, a CDI specialist at Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga,...Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Caryn Nowak, RHIT, CDIP, a clinical documentation integrity specialist at Rady Children’s Hospital...Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Angie Curry, RN, BSN, CCDS, the CDI director at Conifer Health in Frisco, Texas, a member of the...Read More »
Debra Beisel Denton, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, is the supervisor, HIM system coding educator at Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix, Arizona, and the secretary of the Arizona chapter of ACDIS.Read More »
As part of the seventh annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Terry Ann Simmons, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCDS, a clinical documentation specialist at Hartford Healthcare...Read More »