CMS has offered up its fair share of ICD-10-CM/PCS preparation materials--from videos to webinars and everything in between. This short eight-slide presentation, "ICD-10-CM/PCS the next generation of coding," offers a high level glimpse of ICD-10-CM/PCS essentials including external cause and...

Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS, regional manager of CDI and coding at SutterHealth in San Francisco, donated a sample ICD-10 sepsis tip sheet focused on documenting bacteremia, sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock.

Glenn Krauss, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS, CDI manager at Washington Adventist Hospital donated the attached 40-plus slide presentation regarding physician education and preparation for ICD-10.

Claudine Hutchinson, RN, CDI specialist at The Children's Hospital at Saint Francis in Tulsa, Oklahoma, donated the attached poster regarding additional specificity needed for pneumonia particularly in regards to treatment and causative agent.

The attached three-slide PowerPoint presentation regarding asthma classification and documentation tips for ICD-10-CM was donated by Gloryanne Bryant, BS, RHIA, RHIT, CCS.

As part of the fifth annual Clinical Documentation Improvement Week, ACDIS has conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics.

It’s hard to think about healthcare without thinking about change. This year alone, the healthcare industry has seen a number of transitions and improvements, such as the long-awaited shift to ICD-10-CM/PCS, employing electronic health records, and boosting

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