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by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS
CMS plans to announce a complete revision of the CC/MCC structure in next year’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2019 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule. CMS notes that over the past several years, there has been a steady increase...Read More »
Q: We are struggling with coders querying certain diagnosis because they feel there is conflicting documentation in the record, and then we are “losing” that diagnosis. For example, the physician documents acute respiratory failure a couple of...Read More »
What is a best practice? Who or what defines it? We hear it talked about all the time, but what does it really mean, and whom does it apply to?
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “best practice” as a noun meaning “a procedure that...Read More »
Computer-assisted coding (CAC) is to native, manual coding as reading Dickens’ Great Expectations for an English class is to reading the book for pleasure (in my opinion).Read More »
Gold metal dreams were dashed Monday evening for a pair of Olympic hopefuls during a skiing mishap that one first responder says was likely caused by an over-indulgence in egg nog.Read More »
