The switch from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS is set and it isn’t going to change. There is no waiting for ICD-11, no two-year delay until 2015. But many questions remain. The following Q&As were culled from 3M’s September 5 webinar, “ICD-10 Final Rule Q&A.”Read More »

The following is a condensed, step-by-step guide that can be used for hospitalwide ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation, but contains additional details for CDI departments involved with ICD-10 training. It is updated to reflect the new ICD-10 compliance date of October 1, 2014.Read More »

by Trey La Charité, MD

CDI professionals see a lot of physician documentation—not all of it good or pretty. A few annoying and troublesome problems fall into the “bad” or “ugly” categories. Describing a few of these worrisome practice patterns and identifying ways to improve...Read More »