News: New York’s sepsis protocols lower death rates, according to JAMA study

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

New York’s statewide sepsis protocols appear to be working, according to a new study in...Read More »

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 »

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...

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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