The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters! Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact...Read More »
One of the reasons I love looking at our ACDIS data is that it shines a spotlight on what our CDI community members are looking for. Though the annual ACDIS Membership Survey often helps us identify areas in our offerings for expansion (leading to long-term,...Read More »
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and other national health organizations—like the American Medical Association, the Children’s Hospital Association, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness—have signed a...Read More »
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published a study demonstrating that, between 2015 through 2021, codes designed to specify inflammatory arthritis...Read More »
The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently released a report detailing the increasing financial tolls on hospitals and health systems and the bleak prospects for United States healthcare,...Read More »
Q: A 64-year-old female bilateral lung transplant recipient presents with aspiration pneumonia, hypoxia, and has immunosuppression from the drugs. How would this scenario be reported in ICD-10-CM?
A: Sequenced correctly, the scenario...Read More »
At ACDIS, we place a great deal of emphasis on the role of education and mentorship. Because the intellectual landscape of the CDI discipline is always changing (via clinical updates, new rules and regulations, policies and procedures), it is critical for those in educational positions to modify...Read More »
