Many cases exist in which CDI specialists need to query physicians to clarify the use of the term “history.” Consider the following situation in which a physician admits a patient with pyelonephritis. The past history states right lower lobe lung carcinoma proximal lesion. ...Read More »
I previously started a conversation on CDI Talk entitled “Failed Programs,” hoping there might be someone willing to divulge an account of how and why their program “failed,” perhaps even how they were able to “save” or “reinvent” it. While the post generated quite a bit of conversation (there...Read More »
Q:I have been trying to determine whether a skin graft includes debridement. Based on what I have read in the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and ...Read More »
