News: FY 2019 ICD-10-CM Guidelines released

August 16, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 36
Clinical & Coding, News

Changes include clarification on the usage of “with,” updated sepsis guidance, and added guidelines for subsequent MIs.Read More »

Q&A: When sepsis isn’t the principal diagnosis

August 16, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 36
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a patient who was admitted with sepsis POA and a UTI. When...Read More »

Note from the ACDIS Editor: Encephalopathy help for confusing times

August 16, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 36
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

By Linnea Archibald

While I’m tempted to start with a joke about encephalopathy being confusing, it turns out the ACDIS website...Read More »

Encephalopathy

August 15, 2018
Clinical & Coding

With special guest Dawn R. Valdez, RN, LNC, CDIP, the CDI manager of education at Ardent Health Services in Nashville, Tennessee. Co-hosted by Laurie Prescott, MSN, RN,...

Q&A: Choosing a principal diagnosis

August 14, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 161
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I’ve heard that if a condition cannot be identified as POA, it will not keep the criteria for a...Read More »

News: FY 2019 IPPS final rule released, reduces quality reporting requirements

August 9, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35
Clinical & Coding, News

An overhaul of the newly coined Promoting Interoperability Programs (PIP, formerly known as the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs),...Read More »

Q&A: CVA and stroke related to encephalopathy

August 9, 2018
CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 35
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: Often, we get caught up on some clinical indicators that potentially...Read More »

Guest post: Clarifying recent ICD-10-CM Salter-Harris fracture coding advice

August 9, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 158
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS

I was recently reviewing Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2018, and felt that the question...Read More »

Q&A: Choosing between AKI and hypovolemia as principal diagnosis

August 7, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 156
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a situation where a patient was admitted for syncope workup and all the workups...Read More »

Tip: Conducting thorough compliance reviews through coding audits

August 6, 2018
CDI Blog - Volume 11, Issue 155
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA/CGMA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS
Coding reviews provide an opportunity for you to conduct a thorough...Read More »

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