Q&A: What’s a flagship organization, related to CMS reporting?

April 17, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 58
Ask ACDIS, Quality & Regulatory

Q: When looking at the PEPPER and comparing regional, state, nation, etc., what does a “flagship"”...Read More »

Q&A: Coding antibiotic resistance

April 11, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: We recently had a patient who was on oral Bactrim after a fracture who may have been non-...Read More »

ACDIS update: When it comes to finding a workspace, 43% of CDI professionals have dedicated hospital space

April 11, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15
ACDIS Guidance, Ask ACDIS

Awhile back, ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald got two emails asking where CDI professionals physically work in the hospital from two separate members...Read More »

Q&A: Coding both ETOH withdrawal and ETOH with intoxication

April 10, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 54
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: If both ETOH withdrawal and ETOH with intoxication were documented, should we code both F10.239...Read More »

Conference conversations: Speakers share how their facility survives sepsis

April 8, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 15
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Education

Expert ACDIS 2019 conference speakers Rhoda Chism, RN, CCDS, and Laura White, MHA, provide an inside look on how their organization dealt with the...Read More »

Q&A: Coding based on clinical criteria

April 4, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 14
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I remember reading an article, or a Coding Clinic, that basically said it was...Read More »

Q&A: Which version of the DRG Expert should I take to my CCDS exam?

April 3, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 50
Ask ACDIS, Education

Q: I’m planning on taking the CCDS exam in the spring of 2019. Should I use the 2019 or 2018...Read More »

Q&A: SOB and incarcerated ventral hernias

March 28, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 13
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: A patient recently came in with SOB and was found to have a incarcerated...Read More »

Conference conversations: Gill explains the ins and outs of coding burns and educating physicians

March 25, 2019
CDI Blog - Volume 12, Issue 44
Ask ACDIS, Education

Barinder Gill, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, will present “Improving Documentation in the Intensive Care Burn Unit” on Day 3 of the ACDIS conference. Gill is a...Read More »

Q&A: ARDS versus acute respiratory distress

March 21, 2019
CDI Strategies - Volume 13, Issue 12
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I saw that there are separate codes for acute respiratory distress...Read More »

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