Q&A: GLIM FAQs

November 1, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 52
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: How do these new Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM)...Read More »

News: Point-of-care troponin assay may facilitate faster rule-out of AMI

November 1, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 52
Clinical & Coding, News

A preliminary study published in the JAMA found that a...Read More »

Beyond outpatient: CMS-HCC version 23 released

November 1, 2018
CDI Journal - Volume 12, Issue 6
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Like all reporting structures, CMS updates its Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) list each year. Recently, version 23 was released, and it...Read More »

Book excerpt: HCC basics

October 26, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 213
ACDIS Guidance, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding

By Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC

The hierarchical condition categories (HCC) are...Read More »

New GLIM malnutrition criteria

October 24, 2018
Clinical & Coding, News

With special guest Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, principal of Pinson and Tang in Chattanooga, TN. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC, the CDI...

Q&A: Pre-admission temperature readings as clinical indicators

October 18, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 50
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: If the patient reports an elevated temperature at home, can we use that towards reporting...Read More »

Guest post: Risk grouping models for more than just HCCs

October 18, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 207
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Tammy Trombley, RHIT, CDIP, CCDS

Risk models group diagnoses according to ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and categorize patients who...Read More »

Q&A: Payer sepsis criteria

October 16, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 205
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: What sepsis criteria does CMS prefer people use? Do other insurance plans let you know which...Read More »

Guest post: Clinical Truth™️ versus SOI/ROM

October 11, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 202
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Cesar M. Limjoco, MD

Coding versus the true nature of patient’s condition can be enigmatic. In order to parse out the...Read More »

News: Clinical pathway helps lower heart failure readmissions, study finds

October 11, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 49
Clinical & Coding, News

Acute heart failure patients in an emergency department's (ED) clinical pathway program had a 13.1% lower readmission rate.Read More »

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