Q: We are looking for ways to have our CDI and utilization management (UM)/utilization review (UR) teams work more closely and possibly cross-train the team members. Does anyone currently work closely with the utilization management department or have cross-trained employees?...Read More »
Can you begin to imagine how complex a piece of great literature would be in we had to include complete documentation of each medical incident? Or have to stop every time we have to develop physician queries?
Let’s take a look at the classic tale Gone...Read More »
Join us Tuesday, August 22 to Thursday, August 24 for a special virtual event, ACDIS Encore: Clinical & Coding Online, featuring sessions recorded live during the 2023 ACDIS national conference—the entire Clinical & Coding track. ACDIS...Read More »
The ICD-9 Coordination and Maintenance Committee recently posted the March 9-10 Diagnosis Meeting Agenda. The agenda included a discussion of proposed ICD-9 diagnosis additions and revisions as well...Read More »
If you have experience with the topics below, please email Linnea Archibald at larchibald@acdis.org by noon eastern on Friday, June 16, and she'll connect you with the relevant folks at the end of the day on...Read More »
Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) denied $86 million in claims in 2010—more than double the $42 million reported in the third quarter. Medically unnecessary services accounted for 57% of the denials, with 33% of these for short stay patients, according to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA...Read More »
The new Leadership in CDI Certificate from ACDIS demonstrates holders have proficiency in CDI leadership. Earn yours today by taking the CDI Leadership Boot Camp! Right now, Leadership Council members can get a special discount of $150 off the program.Read More »
Clarifying hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) and present-on-admission (POA) conditions represent just two additional aspects of medical record inspection CDI specialists are frequently asked to perform. Determining whether a condition was actually POA and not a HAC helps coders sequence...Read More »
