Clinical & Coding

As of this writing, it appears that ICD-10 will be delayed at least another year. Note my use of “at least” because the actual language in the...Read More »

Dear ACDIS members and CDI professionals,

A new bill introduced in the House and Senate includes a small, rather buried section that would...Read More »

This year’s ACDIS conference on May 7-9 offers in-depth CDI training to prepare...Read More »

CMS released a draft version 31 of the MS-DRG grouper for...Read More »

by Richard D. Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS
The diagnosis and documentation of respiratory failure continues to be challenging for coders,...Read More »

According to a December 2013 poll on the ACDIS website (http://tinyurl.com/okwba9a), 45% of respondents...Read More »

The results of a December ACDIS survey show the CDI profession toddling toward the ICD-10-CM/PCS transition, says founding ACDIS advisory board...Read More »

AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM released its Third and Fourth Quarter 2014 edition of ICD-10 coding guidance. HCPro...Read More »

Q: We recently had a case where the patient was admitted for “sepsis secondary to a urinary infection (UTI) with chronic...Read More »

"[Recovery Auditors] are doing a really good job at identifying the patients who don't have sepsis, and they...Read More »