Clinical & Coding

Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, first quarter 2010 update

April 29, 2010

CDI Journal - Volume 4, Issue 2

The attached is a supplement to the April 2010 issue of CDI Journal. It provides important updates every CDI specialist should know...Read More »

Tip: Ensure 'complete' medical record documentation

April 1, 2010

CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 7

Clinical & Coding

by Glen Krauss, RHIA

A 2007 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that direct communication...Read More »

Tools: Kidney disease query forms

March 18, 2010

CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 6

Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

Like many CDI specialists, Janice Davis, RN, clinical documentation analyst at High Point (NC) Regional Health System and her four co-workers...Read More »

Tip: Coding for cancer

February 18, 2010

CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 4

Clinical & Coding

Within the Alphabetic Index of ICD-9-CM is a Neoplasm table that assists coders in assigning diagnosis codes (Vols. 1-2). The table is...Read More »

Article of the month: Avoid sequencing oversights

February 18, 2010

CDI Strategies - Volume 4, Issue 4

Clinical & Coding

by Robert S. Gold, MD

Every so often, I come across some coding issues that recall other coding issues. I found...Read More »

Quarterly Conference Call, February 2010

February 18, 2010

Quarterly Calls

ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Held on February 18, 2010

The ACDIS quarterly conference call of Thursday, Feb. 18 is now available for download. Members can click the link below and listen in. Among other topics, the following items were discussed: