We are only two days until the core ACDIS team boards a Delta flight from Boston to Atlanta for the 2016 ACDIS conference! We cannot wait to...Read More »
Earlier this year, ACDIS learned that several minor diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures, when captured with ICD-10-PCS codes, group to surgical DRGs. This has led to significantly higher rates of reimbursement for these procedures and considerable consternation amongst CDI and coding...
For the past few years, healthcare professionals have focused on ICD-10 preparation. That prep work paid off—the transition has been largely...Read More »
On February 23, 2016, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published definition updates for sepsis and septic shock.1 The following is a response from members of the ACDIS Advisory Board. Its purpose is to summarize the importance of these published articles, render...
If two ICD-10-CM diagnoses are not related to each other, but exist at the same time, they may be reported together despite an Excludes1 note,...Read More »
More than 700 ACDIS members registered to participate in last week’s ACDIS Quarterly Conference Call. The calls, part of ACDIS membership benefits...Read More »
