Listener questions: AKI, MI, encephalopathy, provider engagement, and more!

April 24, 2024
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Today’s guest is Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist for HCPro/ACDIS. Today’s show is hosted by ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald, Director of Programming...

Q&A: Reducing denials for CPT critical care services with documentation

April 18, 2024
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: What documentation criteria are required to report CPT critical care codes 99291-99292?

A:...Read More »

News: Breast cancer care inequities cause lack of treatment, study suggests

April 18, 2024
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16
Clinical & Coding, News

The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission recently concluded that access inequities in breast cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and...Read More »

News: FY 2025 IPPS proposal includes new CC designations for SDOH codes, operating payment rate increase

April 18, 2024
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 16
Clinical & Coding, News, Quality & Regulatory

Last week, CMS released the...Read More »

Q&A: Coding diagnoses from physician orders

April 4, 2024
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 14
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Our coding and CDI team have been discussing coding diagnoses from physician orders recently. This topic comes up occasionally and...Read More »

Q&A: Setting, timing on SDOH risk assessments

March 28, 2024
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 13
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Should coders report HCPCS code G0136 (administration of a standardized, evidence-based social determinants of health [SDOH] risk...Read More »

News: Podiatric care lowers amputation risk in DFU patients, study suggests

March 28, 2024
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 13
Clinical & Coding, News

A new study published in JAMA Open Network...Read More »

News: Pneumonia PCR testing led to faster targeted treatment in the ED, study says

March 21, 2024
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 12
Clinical & Coding, News

For people with suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the emergency department (ED), routine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on...Read More »

News: Medicare payments for remote monitoring spiked during COVID, data shows

March 21, 2024
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 12
Clinical & Coding, News

Medicare coverage for remote monitoring was limited up until 2019, when Medicare allowed doctors to bill for monitoring more routine vital signs...Read More »

ACDIS update: New ACDIS Podcast episode covers pediatric behavioral health reviews

March 14, 2024
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 11
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

We're delighted to share that the new episode of the ACDIS Podcast is now available! ...Read More »

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