We’ve survived the holiday feast and decided to skip the doorbusting to head out and visit the cute and fluffy animals at the Anytown Zoo. Of course, no outing would be complete without some injuries...
Tom Turkey has come in to the Stitch ‘Em Up Hospital for a little work before Thanksgiving. Dr. Carver is going to first take out Tom’s guts, then replace them with stuffing. How would we code Tom’s...
JoAnn Baker, CCS, CPC, COC , defines sepsis and septic shock, and delves into the emerging initiative to integrate AI into the diagnosis and treatment process.
Q: A 64-year-old female inpatient has hepatocellular cancer with an orthotropic liver transplant with bile duct obstruction and is immunosuppressed due to drugs. Which ICD-10-CM codes would be reported?
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that four popular pretest risk assessment models for evaluating risk of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism in inpatients did “not perform particularly well.”
Kathy Dorich, MSN, RN, CCDS, CPHQ , explains two types of DRG reconciliation processes that she has implemented to alleviate conflict between coding and CDI departments.
Verbal conversations with providers regarding reportable conditions and procedures are considered verbal queries. Refresh how they should be memorialized within the record to maintain compliance. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Managing chronic conditions requires involvement from many parties, making documentation challenging. Assess how to improve documentation and reimbursement for chronic conditions with tips provided by Arta Kelmendi-Doko, MD, PhD . Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Q: A patient has acute renal failure due to dehydration, a history of Type 1 diabetes mellitus causing end-stage renal disease, a kidney transplant two years ago, and chronic kidney disease stage 3a, immunosuppressed by their drugs. How would this be reported in ICD-10-CM?
Brandi Hutcheson, RN, MSN, CCM, CCDS, CCA , examines the coding and clinical literature on malnutrition and obesity to see how coders can reconcile these seemingly disparate diagnoses.