Q&A: Respiratory failure as a principal diagnosis

June 8, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 26
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: When would respiratory failure be used as a principal diagnosis?...Read More »

News: Insurers to pay $32.5 million for claims of risk-scoring fraud

June 8, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 26
Clinical & Coding, News

Freedom Health and Optimum Healthcare, two large health insurers based in Florida, are paying $32.5 million to resolve a federal and state...Read More »

Measuring the effect of HCCs, part 2

June 6, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 73
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the ...Read More »

Guest Post: Improving the selection of a principal diagnosis

June 2, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 72
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding

by Adrienne Commeree, CPC, CPMA, CCS, CEMC, CPIP

The selection of the principal diagnosis is one of the most important steps when...Read More »

Measuring the effect of HCCs, part 1

May 30, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 70
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Outpatient CDI

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the ...Read More »

Tip: Take a closer look at POA reporting guidelines

May 26, 2017
CDI Blog - Volume 10, Issue 69
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Quality & Regulatory

The 2017 ICD-10-CM ...Read More »

Q&A: Base MS-DRGs and the newborns/other neonates MDC

May 25, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 24
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: If the patient is a Medicare beneficiary, why wouldn’t a MS-DRG associated with the newborns and other neonates major diagnostic...Read More »

News: Parkinson’s indexing off, says Coding Clinic

May 25, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 24
Clinical & Coding, News

The newly released Coding Clinic, Second Quarter, 2017, touches on diagnoses related to neurology such as Parkinson’s disease,...Read More »

News: AHIMA releases new white paper, HIM Reimagined

May 25, 2017
CDI Strategies - Volume 11, Issue 24
Clinical & Coding, News

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) released a new White Paper titled...Read More »

2017 Conference, Day 1, Track 1: AHA Coding Clinic Update

May 23, 2017
Conference Materials
ACDIS Guidance, Clinical & Coding, Education

Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, Director of Coding and Classification, American Hospital Association

Hear the most important updates to AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10 of the past year as they relate to CDI, and straight from the source: Nelly Leon-Chisen is the Director of Coding...

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