CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 23

News: Maryland facility faces $8 million fraud charges for Kwashiorkor billing

October 27, 2011
News

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense accused Baltimore-based Kernan Hospital, a part of the University of Maryland Medical System, of inappropriately billing “protein malnutrition” as “kwashiorkor”—a $1.6 million potential error that could ultimately cost the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 23

News: HealthGrades report shows elevated risk of death at underperforming hospitals

October 27, 2011
News

Patients cared for in facilities which HealthGrades deems as five-star have 73% less risk of dying than patients seen in one-star hospitals, according to a new report titled...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 23

News: CMS offers ICD-10 updates and training tools

October 27, 2011
News

CMS recently updated its Medicare Severity (MS) Grouper with Medicare Code Editor (MCE) ICD-10 R1 Pilot Software and its ICD-10 MS-DRG RI Definitions Manual. Further information is available on the CMS website at http://...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 23

Tip: Develop physician training to provide a crash course in documentation basics

October 27, 2011
Education

Since Emory Healthcare Inc., is a teaching hospital, Bonnie I. Epps, MN, RN, manager of its CDI department in Atlanta has the luxury of catching physicians early, before they begin their residencies. Although it took some time to secure necessary approval and develop the material, each...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 23

Q&A: Resection or excision in ICD-10

October 27, 2011
Ask ACDIS

Q:I am unsure how “ribs” are categorized in ICD-10. I don’t understand if taking one rib is considered a...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 22

Q&A: Driving the bus for DRG assignment

May 30, 2012
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: If the principle diagnosis ICD-9 code is on the MCC list but there is no other diagnosis for the patient, is the DRG assigned with MCC or without?

For example, patient presents with heart failure but has no other diagnoses. So the ICD-9 code is 428.21, acute...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 22

Director’s Note: ACDIS 2012 conference exhibitor prospectus offered

October 13, 2011
ACDIS Guidance

We’re in the final stages of choosing speakers and sessions for the 5th Annual ACDIS National Conference, to be held May 10-11, 2012 in San Diego. But signups are underway for our exhibit hall.

In April, 26 exhibitors from all avenues of the healthcare industry—including...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 22

News: Coding Clinic conversion unlikely, but some areas require clarification

October 13, 2011
News

By Jennifer Avery, CCS, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I

As an AHIMA ICD-10 certified trainer, I have been doing a lot of work on various ICD-10 projects. When it comes to working with the new coding system, I find myself wondering whether the first ICD-10 Coding Clinics are going to...Read More »

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