Clinical & Coding

As part of the eighth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a...Read More »

Q: We recently had a patient come in with acute kidney injury (AKI). The...Read More »

We’ve compiled the latest updates as to what is defined as either a complication or comorbidity (CC) or a major complication or comorbidity (MCC...Read More »

A new risk model, published in a recent study in JAHA,...Read More »

ACDIS is currently conducting a short, five-question survey on concurrent coding practices...Read More »

By Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CEMC, CRC, CCDS
It’s that time of year again: I am perusing proposed rules, which always...Read More »

Q: Should we be advising our providers to start documenting pressure injury as opposed to pressure ulcer? Or, is it okay to document...Read More »

Q: I have a general question about how providers should list their primary and secondary...Read More »

By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS

I think we’re all familiar with the Law of Unintended Consequences. That’s the concept that...Read More »