News: ED spending among the commercially insured on the rise due to price, high-severity coding, study finds

July 25, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 31
Clinical & Coding, News

While the average price for the five ED CPT codes were higher in 2016 than in 2009, the average price for higher severity codes rose at a faster...Read More »

Q&A: Choosing a principal procedure

July 25, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 31
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a patient admitted with severe acute meningitis causing respiratory...Read More »

Symposium spotlight: Take the HCC plunge with Pinson

July 22, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 101
Ask ACDIS, CDI Expansion, Clinical & Coding, Outpatient CDI

Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, will present “A Deep Dive into HCCs” on Day 1 of the...Read More »

Q&A: Sequencing an overdose, a fall, Rhabdomyolysis, and AKI

July 18, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 30
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Can you provide some guidance on the sequencing/principal diagnosis selection for the...Read More »

Q&A: Coding integral conditions

July 11, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 29
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I'm struggling to better understand coding “integral conditions.” Can you help me?Read More »

Surviving Sepsis in 2019

July 2, 2019
Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

With special guests Rhoda Chism, BSN, RN, CCDS, a CDI specialist at The Medical Center at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Laura White, MHA, a performance improvement...

Ask ACDIS: Sepsis FAQs

July 1, 2019
CDI Journal - Volume 13, Issue 4
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I’ve heard that, due to the inflammatory response related to septic tissue, perfusion will decrease, and hyperlactatemia and mottling...Read More »

Tip Card: Complications

June 27, 2019
Tip Sheets & Samples
Clinical & Coding, Education

This sample complications tip sheet was provided by Nick Stultz, RN, CCDS, CDI specialist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

This sample has been reviewed and approved by the Forms & Tools Library...

Query: B20 cause and effect

June 27, 2019
Query Forms
Clinical & Coding, Physician Queries

This sample B20 cause and effect query was provided by Lindsey Asmus, RHIT, CCDS, CHDA, CCS, CCS-P, SSBBP, CDQI auditor at Ciox Health in Alpharetta, Georgia.

This sample has been reviewed and approved by the Forms...

News: FY 2020 ICD-10-CM code update released

June 27, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 28
Clinical & Coding, News

The CDC posted the fiscal year (FY) 2020 ICD-10-CM final code changes last week.Read More »

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