Guest post: When documenting Type 2 MI, start with the underlying cause

November 13, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 139
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Policies & Procedures

By Brett Hoggard, MD, CCDS

Documentation and coding myocardial infarction (MI) is a common pain point for CDI departments, caused...Read More »

Guest post: Determining which procedures to report

November 12, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 138
Clinical & Coding

According to the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (...Read More »

Q&A: Reporting diabetes, CKD, and HTN in ICD-10-CM

November 7, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 51
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

We had a patient with Type 2 diabetes who was admitted for hypoglycemia with metabolic encephalopathy. The patient also had stage 2 chronic kidney...Read More »

Clinical series 2: ARDS and respiratory failure

November 7, 2019
Clinical & Coding

With special guest Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI Education Director for ACDIS in Middleton, MA. She is the developer and lead instructor for the ACDIS boot...

Guest post: Reporting myocardial injury, demand ischemia in ICD-10-CM

November 6, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 135
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Education

by Adriane Martin, DO, FACOS, CCDS

“The clinical definition of myocardial infarction denotes the presence of acute myocardial...Read More »

ACDIS comments to CMS on FY 2021 CC/MCCs

November 5, 2019
Regulatory Committee
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory
PDF icon ACDIS proposal to CMS FY 2021 CCMCC changes.pdf

ACDIS comments to CDC on proposed sepsis coding changes

November 5, 2019
Regulatory Committee
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory
PDF icon ACDIS proposal to CDC sepsis 3.pdf

ACDIS comments to CMS on proposed sepsis coding changes

November 5, 2019
Regulatory Committee
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory
PDF icon ACDIS proposal to CMS sepsis 3.pdf

Guest post: The anatomy of the ICD-10-PCS code

November 5, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 134
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Each character in the ICD-10-PCS code represents a specific element. The anatomy of the code is the following:

Symposium spotlight: She wrote the book on E/M coding and documentation

November 4, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 133
Clinical & Coding, Outpatient CDI

Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCM, CCDS, CCDS-O, CCS, CDIP, will present “Let’s Talk About Evolution and Management: What Do We Need to Know?” on Day...Read More »

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