Helpful Resources

The following is a collection of links that CDI specialists may find valuable when researching documentation, coding, and Medicare questions:

ACDIS Speakers Bureau

Director’s Note: The following individuals have offered to serve as voluntary members of the ACDIS Speaker Bureau. They are willing to donate their time and energy to provide useful information on a variety of topics free of charge to ACDIS Local Chapters and other associations related to clinical documentation improvement.

ACDIS asks that those seeking the assistance of individuals listed here keep in mind the travel and other expenses which may be incurred by the volunteer. Please work with the volunteer in question to resolve any concerns prior to making final arrangements.

ACDIS Article of the Month Archives

1. Role of documentation in stroke coding
2.  Examine RAC audit of acute respiratory failure
3. Documenting the term 'insufficient' is insufficient
4. Dig into the details of wound care documentation
5. Guidance and tact key to compliant, effective physician queries
6. Recognize when clinical indicators point to paraneoplastic syndromes
7. Director’s Note: Our best conference yet? You decide
8. The complicated process of reporting complications
9. Test takers offer their perspective on the credentialing exam
10. Acute kidney injury: The crossroads of ICD-9-CM and medical literature
11. Alternative staff schedules offer CDI opportunities
12. Ensure compliance when reporting cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with an MCC 

    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
    • Medicare Learning Network Catalog of Products
    • Open Door Forums
    • PEPPER Resources
    • Quality Data Reporting Site
    • Quality Initiatives
    • Recovery Audit Contractor Program
    • Transmittals

    Clinical Resources

    • Acute lung injury/ARDS
    • Bacterial pneumonia, tuberculosis, COPD
    • Chest pain etiology--AHRQ
    • Chronic kidney disease--AHRQ
    • Community-acquired pneumonia--diagnosis and treatment
    • Deep-vein thrombosis (DVT)--Medscape
    • Diabetes Mellitus--clinical practice guidelines from AHRQ
    • Fever and infection in older adults--AHRQ
    • Gram negative bacterial pneumonia
    • Heart failure pathophysiology--Cleveland Clinic
    • Malnutrition
    • MDCalc, The Clinical Calculator
    • Merck Manual Online
    • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Pneumonia--clinical syndromes
    • Pneumonia--severity assessment tool
    • Pneumonia--severity index
    • Pharmacology Math
    • Respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation--pathophysiology reference
    • Stroke and encephalopathy after cardiac surgery
    • Unstable angina/NSTEMI

    Coding Resources

    • American Hospital Association Central Office
    • ICD-9-CM CMS Home Page
    • ICD-9-CM Code Set Data Files
    • ICD-9-CM code lookup tool
    • ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines
    • ICD-10-CM CDC home page
    • ICD-10-CM CMS Home Page

    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

    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.