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Q: If the principle diagnosis ICD-9 code is on the MCC list but there is no other diagnosis for the patient, is the DRG assigned with MCC or without?
For example, patient presents with heart failure but has no other diagnoses. So the ICD-9 code is 428.21, acute...Read More »
by Heidi Hillstrom MS, MBA, RN, CCDS
As a 10-year veteran of a successful CDI program, I am accustomed to being asked, “How did you build your program?” My response invariably is how vital it is to bring your physicians on board.
Before you respond, “But you don’t know...Read More »
Thanks to value-based purchasing (VBP) and the ICD-10 transition, clinical...Read More »
Editor’s Note: I recently came across this question and answer in one of our sister publications ...Read More »
Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series of Q&As with presenters and participants from the ...Read More »
Editor’s Note: Over the coming days and weeks, we will post a series of Q&As with presenters and participants from the ...Read More »
