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Note from the Director | Thanks for a productive 2017! | By Brian D. Murphy The end of the year and the holiday season is a time to reflect on accomplishments, and give thanks to the colleagues and friends who helped you produce good work and meet professional goals along the way. And the year 2016 will go down as a very productive one for the ACDIS advisory board—and one for which I am very grateful. |
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ACDIS Picks | Tip: Seven lessons for physician CDI education | Ensuring hospital revenue integrity requires three operational pillars—clinical coding, CDI, and physician education, according to Kalispell (Montana) Regional Medical Center’s (KRMC), director of CDI services and ICD-10 project manager Christine Seager, RN, BSN, CCDS. |
News: CMS and NQF release new quality measures under consideration | CMS released its list of quality measures under consideration (MUC) in November and the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) begun its annual review of the list, according to a blog post from the American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC). |
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Membership Update | Q&A: Understanding pneumonia sequencing | Q: Can you please help me determine the query opportunities and code assignment/sequencing argument related to a patient who was admitted with pneumonia, congestive heart failure, acute respiratory failure, and encephalopathy? I thought that the pneumonia would be the primary and the respiratory failure as secondary as the severity of illness/risk of mortality (SOI/ROM) as well as the MS-DRG would all increase. Yet, I'm getting some push back on this train of thought and I'm not sure where the error in my logic may be. Any insight you could offer would be much appreciated. |
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