ACDIS Guidance

CDI specialists depend on clinical indicators to support queries. Hospitals and physicians need clinical indicators to support the validity of...Read More »

About 41% of CDI programs currently review medical records for quality improvement items, according to an online ACDIS membership poll. Although...Read More »

by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS
Bronchopulmonary infections, such as acute bronchitis and pneumonia, represent frequent...Read More »

With the criteria and definition of sepsis in flux, CDI specialists’ involvement in clarifying matters continues to grow. While the Surviving...Read More »

by Melissa Varnavas

My husband swears he had SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). It happened on an extended weekend trip to...Read More »

by Allen Frady, RN, CCDS, CCS

These last several months have seen a dizzying array of changes, controversies, and regulations...Read More »

ACDIS surveyed more than 400 CDI professionals about their facility productivity expectations and ...Read More »

Q: According to a denial letter, acute metabolic encephalopathy secondary to any disease (which it obviously always is) codes to G94, other...Read More »

A number of inpatient prospective payment system changes in recent years, due primarily to the Affordable Care Act, have allowed CMS to adjust...Read More »

by Joel Moorhead, MD, PhD, CPC
This article is about bringing the patient to the center of clinical validation. A patient with an “...Read More »