Clinical & Coding

The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) conference attendees...Read More »

“If ICD- 10-PCS is not necessary, why the debate? Why should we bother assigning codes when we don’t have to?”The ICD-10 system was designed to...Read More »

Thankfully, some of the documentation and coding issues I have been screaming about over the past 10 years have been heard with the transition...Read More »

As of this writing, it appears that ICD-10 will be delayed at least another year. Note my use of “at least” because the actual language in the...Read More »

Dear ACDIS members and CDI professionals,

A new bill introduced in the House and Senate includes a small, rather buried section that would...Read More »

This year’s ACDIS conference on May 7-9 offers in-depth CDI training to prepare...Read More »

CMS released a draft version 31 of the MS-DRG grouper for...Read More »

by Richard D. Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS
The diagnosis and documentation of respiratory failure continues to be challenging for coders,...Read More »

According to a December 2013 poll on the ACDIS website (http://tinyurl.com/okwba9a), 45% of respondents...Read More »

The results of a December ACDIS survey show the CDI profession toddling toward the ICD-10-CM/PCS transition, says founding ACDIS advisory board...Read More »