Clinical & Coding

Can you please clarify these 3 areas in the DRG Expert for me? Inclusion notes Exclussion1 notes Exclussion2 notes and how that translates in the...Read More »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated their COVID-19 dashboard to include information about patient outcomes and...Read More »

by Sarah Nehring, RHIT, CCS, CCDS
​As a coding educator, most of the questions I address are about two things: ICD-10-PCS coding...Read More »

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, CDI specialists play a crucial part in the effort to...Read More »

by Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC
The initial approach to kidney disease record reviews...Read More »

Following some technical difficulties, a recorded version of the August 12 ACDIS Podcast is now available on...Read More »

I am looking for clarification on two seemingly contradictory statements. One says when a practitioner documents a diagnosis that does not seem...Read More »

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical...Read More »

​Q: If an echocardiogram shows a type of trace/mild/moderate regurgitation, is that enough to query for that diagnosis? Or is...Read More »