Helpful Resources
The following is a collection of links that CDI specialists may find valuable when researching documentation, coding, and Medicare questions:
ACDIS Article of the Month Archives
Decode the language of physicians: A closer look at hypotension and ACS
Avoid the push and pull when reporting complications of surgery
Know your ethical obligations regarding coding and documentation
Heart failure, ejection fractions, hypertensive emergency, and more are topics for discussion at one hospital
Follow the MUSIC to ensure proper documentation of CHF, other diagnoses
Teamwork makes clinical documentation management program a success at Kettering Medical Center
Understand which parts of the medical record coders can use
The newest on PEGJ: Understand what a percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy is-and what it isnt
Is asking for clarification "leading"?
Severity of illness: What is it all about and what does it mean for physician profiles, public perception
Focus on documentation for new ICD-9-CM codes
Don't let HACs cut into your bottom line
Diabetes classification integral to hospital quality measurement, correct code capture
Avoid the trap of probable diagnoses
MS-DRGs on the radar: Ensure compliant coding
Update physician query policy in light of new AHIMA practice brief
Prove return on investment to reap CDI rewards
Address these common Q&As related to SIRS documentation
Employ a business-savvy CDI specialist to tackle chemotherapy services
Demand a code for demand myocardial infarction
CMS Related Sites
Contact Information for CMS
Coverage Center
Frequently Asked Questions
Hospital-Acquired Conditions (Present on Admission Indicator)
Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System-Home Page
Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System-Regulations and Notices
Hospital Quality Initiatives
Open Door Forums
Quality Data Reporting Site
Quality Initiatives
Recovery Audit Contractor Program
Transmittals
Coding and Clinical Resources
American Academy of Professional Coders
American Health Information Management Association
American Hospital Association Central Office
AHIMA final physician query practice brief
ICD-9-CM CMS Home Page
ICD-9-CM Code Set Data Files
ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines
ICD-10-CM CMS Home Page
MDCalc, The Clinical Calculator
Merck Manual Online
Pharmacology Math
Health Law Resources
Medicare Fraud & Abuse Resource Reference
HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Standards
National Uniform Billing Committee
Office of Inspector General
OIG Home Page
Regulations and Statutes
GPO Access Home Page
Code of Federal Regulations
CFR Title 42 - Electronic Version
CFR Title 42 - Official Version
Federal Register
White Papers
Cut through the confusion of altered mental status
Benchmarking Report: Survey offers physician query best practices
Instill a culture of quality to ensure CDI success
Roll out an engaging CDI program
Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program Issues Paper
Engaging Physicians in a Shared Quality Agenda. Go to www.ihi.org/ihi and register at the top of the page. Then, click the “Products” link on the left to download the white paper.
Other CDI and Coding Training and Consulting
3M
Administrative Consultant Service, LLC
Clinical Documentation Matters
DCBA, Inc.
DocuCompLLC
DocuEd
FairCode Associates
FTI Healthcare
HCPro Boot Camps
Huron Consulting Group
J.A. Thomas
Navigant Consulting
PricewaterhouseCoopers
QHR
Do you know about a link we should add? Please e-mail ACDIS director Brian Murphy at bmurphy@cdiassociation.com, or ACDIS assistant director Melissa Varnavas at mvarnavas@cdiassociation.com.
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