The switch from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS is set and it isn’t going to change. There is no waiting for ICD-11, no two-year delay until 2015. But...Read More »
On August 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a one-year delay of ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation. The new deadline...Read More »
As part of the second Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.
Clear and consistent documentation makes a coder’s job much easier, and it improves data integrity. Specific documentation also offers numerous...Read More »
Attached are four ICD-10 training games developed for JustCoding.com Platinum subscribers and donated to ACDIS for its members. It includes a circulatory and musculoskeletal system word search, and a root operations crossword and root operations...
On April 17, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule to delay the ICD-10 code set implementation date from...Read More »
New guidelines published in the May 2012 Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics represent a consensus statement of the American Academy...Read More »
Current SIRS criteria are insufficient, confusing, and don't indicate whether a patient is truly sick, says Robert S. Gold, MD, founder and...Read More »
A delay in ICD-10’s implementation has definitely caused angst, especially for coding staff, says Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS...Read More »