The ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS code sets will be implemented on Oct. 1, 2014 – and on that date medical practices and their billing service companies, clearinghouses, and all covered entities and payers will need to use ICD-10 codes....Read More »
More than 40% of facilities without CDI programs in place expect to launch one in 2013, according to a survey from TrustHCS, presented by the company’s president, Torrey Barnhouse, during AHIMA’s ICD-10-CM/PCS and CAC Summit held in Baltimore this April.Read More »
CMS got an earful during a listening session regarding electronic health records (EHRs) held Friday, May 3. The session focused on systems and billing, and featured feedback from AHIMA, the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Medical Association (AMA), among others.Read More »
Q: Our lab does not calculate the Glomerular filtration rate(GFR) for patients over the age of 70. If I ask the physician to stage the chronic kidney disease (CKD), they ask me to calculate the GFR for them. If there a standard formula that should be used for this age group?Read More »
Q:Is it okay to code a diagnosis if the physician documents two diagnoses using the phrase “versus” between them? For example, the patient arrives with abdominal pain and the physician orders labs and other tests but they all come back normal. In the discharge note, the...Read More »
It is hard to believe that the 6th Annual ACDIS Conference is upon us. ACDIS staff will be flying into Nashville this weekend in preparation for the biggest CDI event of the year. We hope you enjoy this special edition of CDI Strategies. It includes some important information about the...Read More »