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The Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists is a community in which CDI professionals share the latest tested tips, tools, and strategies to implement successful CDI programs and achieve professional growth. Its mission is to bring CDI specialists together.

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  ACDIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

May 14-15, 2009
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

The 2008 program drew hundreds of clinical documentation specialists from programs nationwide. Expert faculty identified the compliance areas affecting clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs, presented case studies, illustrated how to demonstrate the ROI of a CDI program to upper management, and much more. New sessions will be added for 2009 based on attendee requests. Sign up today and join your colleagues for this one-of-a-kind event! ACDIS members save $100 off the registration fee.

 

 

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  CDI STRATEGIES

Read helpful tips and timely news items related to clinical documentation improvement in our free bi-weekly eNewsletter.

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  • Tip: Assign POA carefully, based on treating practitioner's documentation involved in patient's care
  • Q&A: Physician documentation of troponin leak
  • Tip: Tie in national health observances to your documentation improvement efforts
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    ACDIS members receive a quarterly journal with in-depth articles on data mining, improving documentation on disease-specific topics, physician query and communication strategies, case studies, and more. Click here to download the latest issue.
     
     
     

    Need to brush up on issues critical to documentation improvement? We've created a series of online courses, complete with CE credits and interactive "test your knowledge exercises," to meet your needs.

    Click here to view the courses currently available in the ACDIS library.

     
     

    The newest on PEGJ: Understand what a percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy is, and what it isn’t

    by Robert S. Gold, MD

    We learn something new every day. For the past several years, I’ve been complaining about advice in a particular Coding Clinic—both in the index and in the world of practical, day-to-day coding. Below is a recent letter I wrote to CMS.

    It has been my contention that Coding Clinic, first quarter 2001, pp. 16–17, incorrectly defined an interventional procedure—percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy (PEGJ)—and assigned it to ICD-9-CM procedure code 44.39. Eventually, a specific code for that procedure came into being and was further elucidated in Coding Clinic, October 2001, as ICD-9-CM procedure code 44.32. It is identified as an operating room (OR) procedure, and coders assigned this new code based on old definitions. As a result, hospitals have received millions of dollars for a procedure that the gurus (i.e., CMS, National Centers for Health Statistics, and their physician advisors) incorrectly defined. However, these same gurus assigned the procedure a status that is based on the correct definitions—which we don’t have.


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      CDI Blog

    Updated with a new blog post on May 6--Lynne Spryszak, RN, talks about the great info to be had on CDI Talk

    CDI Blog is a place in which your colleagues and peers can talk about anything and everything related to the field of clinical documentation improvement. Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) members can now post their responses and comments to our blogger's posts.

     
     
      CDI TALK

    CDI Talk is a great way to interact with your clinical documentation improvement colleagues across the country. Click here to get more involved.
     

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    Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist's Handbook

    This handbook is the blueprint you need, whether you're starting a CDI program or enhancing an existing program. Learn how to obtain administrative and staff buy-in, engage clinical staff at the bedside to document the specific data you need for success, and maintain those efforts over time.

    ACDIS members receive a 20% discount on this product. To receive your discount either login or become a member. Or you can buy this product now.



    For additional training and other CDI resources, consider these helpful Web sites:

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    www.DocuCompLLC.com

    www.DocuEd.com