Q: What are the key differences between recreational drug use and poisonings?
A: Recreational drug use is voluntary consumption. The goal is mind-altering effects, whatever that might be, while poisoning is the harmful and involuntary...Read More »
Q: How is artificial intelligence (AI) being used in healthcare today, and what role can AI play in improving documentation and coding workflows while still requiring human oversight?
A: AI, at its heart, is fast pattern recognition....Read More »
Q: I would love to learn from other organizations that are using Vizient or Premier data to focus their CDI teams on documentation opportunities. Do you have any CDI-specific positions on your team that drill down and work with the data analytics to improve outcomes relative to...Read More »
by Kelly Rice, MSHI, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC
Here at ACDIS, we’re frequently asked about specific criteria for the diagnosis of acute pulmonary insufficiency following surgery. Although it is similar to postprocedural respiratory failure, acute pulmonary insufficiency...Read More »
Q: One of our inpatient coding team members recently sent the following post-discharge query and our team is split on whether it’s compliant or not. Could you help us settle the debate? Here’s what the query said:
Q: I recently came upon this article, but it’s several years old at this point. What are your thoughts on coding lactic acidosis (E87.2-) and sepsis together? ...Read More »
Q: A patient with dementia has not taken prescribed Lasix for one week due to forgetting and presents with worsening acute heart failure. What is going to be sequenced first: the underdose or the acute heart failure?
