CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 25

Q&A: Queries for flash pulmonary edema

June 18, 2020
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Under what circumstances and when is it appropriate to code flash (acute) pulmonary edema and acute-on-chronic heart failure (diastolic or systolic or other)? Would we need to query for both as flash (acute) pulmonary edema unrelated to acute/chronic heart failure?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 25

ACDIS update: Lights, camera, CDI Week!

June 18, 2020
CDI Expansion

ACDIS is pleased to announce the 2020 CDI Week theme, ACDIS Cinema–CDI: Coming to an Organization Near You! CDI Week this year will take place September 14-18 and will be filled with all of the usual fun with a glamorous twist.Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 25

ACDIS update: ACDIS Virtual kick-off featuring special episode of the ACDIS Podcast

June 18, 2020

“[The event is] planned as a self-driven virtual experience,” ACDIS Director Brian Murphy said during his special ACDIS Podcast episode to kick off day 1 of Staying Engaged: ACDIS Presents Virtual Education and Community...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 25

ACDIS update: Submit your articles for the Journal and Blog

June 18, 2020

ACDIS is looking for folks to submit their ideas for the next edition (September/October) of the CDI Journal. This edition will be focused on leadership skills and career development. Submissions should be 750-1,500 words long.

While the ACDIS team welcomes articles focused on...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 25

Local chapter update: Miss the Chapter Advisory Board call? Listen to the recording today!

June 18, 2020

More than 70 members of the local chapter leadership community joined the Chapter Advisory Board last Friday for a conversation on how chapters are adapting to COVID-19 shelter in place recommendations and finding ways to continue to bring education forward to their members. If you missed the...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 14, Issue 24

Guest post: The problem of ‘critical values’

June 29, 2021
Clinical & Coding

by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS

You would think that actually defining something would make it easier to recognize. That statement assumes, of course, that you can actually define what you’re trying to see. (I’m reminded of Justice Potter Stewart’s quote on obscenity, “I shall...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 24

Note from the ACDIS Director: 2021 IPPS proposed rule bears stamp of the ACDIS Regulatory Committee

June 11, 2020
ACDIS Guidance

by Brian Murphy

One of the recent developments in ACDIS, of which I’m particularly proud, is the formation and subsequent efforts of the ACDIS Regulatory Committee. This group of individuals, led by its inestimable chair Candace...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 14, Issue 24

News: CMS releases FY 2021 ICD-10-PCS code set and official guidelines

June 11, 2020
Clinical & Coding, News

CMS has released the fiscal year (FY) 2021 ICD-10-PCS code set and the FY 2021 ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting...Read More »

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