By Amy Sanderson, MD The term “dysphagia” has many synonyms used by providers in medical documentation. However, not all of these...Read More »
By Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS So, the first AHA Coding Clinic for 2018 is out, and I must admit, I was surprised at its...Read More »
By Drew Siegel, MD, CCDS One of the more interesting aspects of CDI is taking on the role of a detective to identify and evaluate...Read More »
By Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CHDA, CDIP, COBGC Back in 2016, I wrote the following synopsis for HCPro about outpatient/office...Read More »
ACDIS received an email from a member asking what the most common queried diagnoses are among CDI professionals. While we didn’t have the answer...Read More »
Q: Is it a coder’s responsibility to properly sequence secondary diagnoses or...Read More »
Q: Would a pressure ulcer be considered healing when the patient comes back...Read More »
Q: We recently had a patient who had a syncopal episode and fell, sustaining...Read More »
by Crystal Stalter, CDIP, CCS-P, CPC
In addition to EHR use best practice which we discussed last week, another example of best...Read More »
By Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS
I’m often asked about Salter-Harris fractures or growth-plate fractures while I’m teaching, so let’s...Read More »
