Despite the fact that sepsis is one of the deadliest and costly medical conditions for hospitals, doctors frequently fail to properly document...Read More »
Accused of misreporting malnutrition in a January 2017 OIG audit, Vidant Medical Center, a 909 bed acute care teaching hospital, fought back with...Read More »
Thanks to Melissa Maguire, BSN, RN-BC, for donating the attached job description. She is an Educator in Clinical Documentation Improvement at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. She can be reached at mmaguire@hmc.psu....
Since the advent of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, CDI professionals have known that physician copy and paste errors pose a threat to...Read More »
Three months from now the ACDIS team will head to our biggest event of the year—our national conference. And in case you haven’t heard it’s a...Read More »
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the joint Tennessee Health Information Management Association/Tennessee ACDIS local chapter...Read More »
The 2017 updates to ICD-10-CM included many additions to the digestive system diagnoses, especially with codes for pancreatitis and intestinal...Read More »
