Today’s guests are Amy Kratochvil, RHIT, CDIP, CCDS, system director for HIM coding and CDI at UChicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, and Tiara Minor, RN, BSN, CCDS, director of CDI at the University of Miami Health System in Miami, Florida. Today’s show is hosted by ACDIS Director Rebecca Hendren and is part of our occasional series with members of the ACDIS Advisory Board. You can read more about today’s guests, and the rest of the ACDIS Advisory Board here: https://acdis.org/membership/boards

During the episode, Amy and Tiara mentioned several resources, which can be found at the links below:

HCUP website for Elixhauser resources: https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/comorbidityicd10/comorbidity_icd10.jsp

Actual comorbidity listing: https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/comorbidityicd10/CMR-Reference-File-v2025-1.xlsx

U.S. News & World Report methodology for Best Hospitals specialty rankings: https://health.usnews.com/media/best-hospitals/2025-2026_best_hospitals_specialty_rankings_methodology

More info about the Best Hospital rankings, including an overview: https://www.usnews.com/info/blogs/press-room/articles/2025-07-29/u-s-news-announces-2025-2026-best-hospitals

Our intro and outro music for the ACDIS Podcast is “medianoche” by Dee Yan-Kay and our ad music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar, both obtained from the Free Music Archive.

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CEU info:

Each ACDIS Podcast episode now offers 0.5 ACDIS CEU which can be used toward recertifying your CCDS or CCDS-O credential for those who listen to the show in the first four days from the time of publication.

To receive your 0.5 CEU, go to the show page on acdis.org, by clicking on the “ACDIS Podcast” link located under the “Free Resources” tab. To take the evaluation, click the most recent episode from the list on the podcast homepage, view the podcast recording at the bottom of that show page, and click the live link at the very end after the music has ended. Your certificate will be automatically emailed to you upon submitting the brief evaluation. (Note: If you are listening via a podcast app, click this link to go directly to the show page on acdis.org: https://acdis.org/acdis-podcast/advisory-board-series-elixhauser-comorbidities)

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The cut-off for today’s episode CEU is Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. Eastern. After that point, the CEU period will close, and you will not be eligible for the 0.5 CEU for this week’s episode.

ACDIS update:

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