A November report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calls on CMS to provide better oversight of its key audit contractors specifically related to Medicaid. The report called the National Medicaid Audit Program (NMAP) “inefficient...Read More »
Depending on how they are sequenced, CC and MCC conditions can have a direct effect on MS-DRG assignment, says ACDIS Advisory Board member Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP, clinical documentation improvement (CDI) education director at HCPro, Inc. in Danvers, Mass., and an AHIMA-...Read More »
Q: A few times I have seen physicians document Schatzki’s Ring. I understand that if the physician documents “acquired Schatzki’s Ring” that maps to code 530.3 no CC/MCC. However, how would...Read More »