There has been a considerable amount of confusion regarding physician terminology, documentation
requirements, and subsequent coding of various diagnostic bronchoscopic lung procedures. Because the current MS-DRG structure categorizes some of...Read More »
While most CDI specialists know to query for conditions related to malnutrition, such as obesity and cachexia, programs frequently ignore dietitians’ documentation and keep dietary professionals out of the coding/querying conversation when they should be partners at the table.Read More »
The American Hospital Association (AHA) does not plan to “convert” past issues of Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM into new issues for ICD-10-CM/PCS, the AHA confirmed in a CMS teleconference held in November 2011. This decision caused concern...Read More »
In October 2010, when ACDIS first conducted its assessment survey regarding CDI readiness for ICD-10 implementation, 83% of respondents indicated they had no formal ICD-10 training and 44% indicated they had no training timeline (www.hcpro.com/...Read More »
This month’s question was submitted on January 2, 2024, and focuses on CDI metric expectations, reporting, and education. Please note that questions and answers have been de-identified for the purposes of this article.
Q: I have a couple of questions regarding CDI metric...Read More »
Q:Our CDI program is three years old and our administration still questions our productivity goals. Initially we set benchmarks at 90-95% coverage rate of Medicare/Managed Medicare; 20-25% query rate; 90% response rate and 80% agree rate. Since census varies, we also...Read More »
