Coding Clinic for CDI: New advice for neurology, stroke, heart attacks, and drug dependence

July 1, 2017
CDI Journal - Volume 11, Issue 4
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS
One thing many new CDI specialists hear—and many experienced CDI specialists attest to—is that the CDI...Read More »

TBT: Primary, principal, and secondary diagnoses

June 29, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 87
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Sometimes I confuse the secondary diagnosis for the primary diagnosis. Do you have any tips for me to help me discern...Read More »

Q&A: Choosing a principal diagnosis between anemia and malignancy

June 29, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 29
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: If a patient is admitted for anemia related to a malignancy and is treated only for...Read More »

News: July OPPS update brings changes to ophthalmologic, maternal care codes

June 22, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 28
Clinical & Coding, News, Outpatient CDI, Quality & Regulatory

CMS released a change...Read More »

Guest Post: Addressing unspecified codes

June 20, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 81
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS

When CMS told the American Medical Association (AMA) physicians could have a...Read More »

Q&A: Reporting plural effusion with congestive heart failure

June 15, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 27
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: At my institution, we typically do not capture the pleural effusions noted and...Read More »

News: Study shows electronic alerts help reduce missed pediatric sepsis diagnoses

June 15, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 27
Clinical & Coding, News

Researchers studying ED visits at a freestanding academic children’s hospital from June 1, 2013, to May 31, 2015, found that electronic alerts...Read More »

News: CMS releases 2018 ICD-10-CM codes for October 1 implementation

June 15, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 27
Clinical & Coding, News

CMS released the final 2018 ICD-10-CM code set for October 1...Read More »

Q&A: Rejections for claims for removing impacted cerumen

June 15, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 79
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We have started receiving rejections for ED claims when the service involves removing impacted cerumen. We are reporting CPT® code...Read More »

Tip Card: Congenital Heart Defects

June 14, 2017
Tip Sheets & Samples
Clinical & Coding, Education

This tip card was provided by Karen Bridgeman, MSN, RN, CCDS, as a supplement to her 2017 ACDIS Conference presentation, "Out of the Sandbox: Congenital Anomalies...

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