ACDIS Guidance

It is hard to believe that the 6th Annual ACDIS Conference is upon us. ACDIS staff will be flying into Nashville this weekend in preparation for...Read More »

By Mary Solomon, BSN, RN, CCM, CCDS

Have you ever read a history and physical (H&P) report and wondered why the patient was...Read More »

ACDIS members are invited to participate in a Quarterly Conference Call taking place today, Thursday, May 9, from 1-2 p.m. (EST). Dial-in...Read More »

By Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS

In my senior year of college the physician teaching our pathophysiology class gave the...Read More »

More than 1,000 CDI professionals now hold the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) certification. ACDIS publishes the list of those...Read More »

by Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, C-CDI, CCDS

Too many CDI specialists live for the immediate satisfaction of today. Their...Read More »

By Laurie L. Prescott RN, MSN, CCDS

The biggest challenge of being a CDI specialist in my opinion is the education of the...Read More »

In the Revenue Cycle Institute white paper, “ICD-10-PCS Introduces Procedure Guidelines and Coder Confusion,”...Read More »

My heart is already warming to thoughts of Nashville in springtime, the site of our 6th annual conference—May 21–23 at the Renaissance Nashville...Read More »

Q: What are the pros/cons of coding ‘hepatic encephalopathy’ as a secondary condition? For example, here is a clinical scenario...Read More »