The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its clinical guidance for diagnosing and treating electronic cigarette- or vaping-...Read More »
In January of 2019 the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) issued a national survey to leaders of CDI departments, including supervisors, managers, and directors, with the aim of getting quality data on three important initiatives affecting the CDI profession....
As of October 1, 2019, 1080 cases of respiratory illnesses and 18 deaths brought on by vaping have been reported in the U.S., according to the ...Read More »
CMS’ recently released final rule on hospital price transparency which allows the agency to impose civil monetary penalties for those that fail to...Read More »
The third character of a procedure code is represented by the root operation. Definitions for the root operations are located in Appendix A and...Read More »
The declining rate of some hospital-acquired conditions was not because of the penalty-driven Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program...Read More »
Oceanside Medical Group, a clinic providing mental health services in Santa Monica, California, is disputing an Office of Inspector General (OIG...Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a proposal for changes to ICD-10-CM sepsis related codes after receiving numerous...Read More »
