Clinical & Coding

Q: I know that CMS doesn’t classify morbid obesity as a comorbid complicating condition (CC) as a secondary diagnosis. Can you...Read More »

​Q: I recently heard an example where a patient with a principal diagnosis of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and...Read More »

Only an estimated 1.5% of diagnoses at four pediatric intensive care units (PICU) were incorrect, according to new research presented at...Read More »

The establishment of ...Read More »

​Q: I had a recent case where the nephrologist and cardiologist both documented hypertensive (HTN) emergency, but the attending...Read More »

CMS recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2023...Read More »

Join Karla Accorto, ACDIS Editor & Product Coordinator, and Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC, interim director of...Read More »

Are there are any documentation or coding guidelines for when a patient is admitted for various reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine?Read More »

Hospitalists billed a significantly higher proportion Medicare beneficiaries as high-severity compared to non-hospitalists in a study published in...Read More »

An EHR integration tool (Jumpstart) that pushes goals-of-care guides to patients and their clinicians, leads to a higher documentation of care...Read More »