Most facilities find acute respiratory failure to be a commonly denied diagnosis, but this problem is not entirely without solution. For acute respiratory failure, the circumstances of the admission and the focus of care will determine the...Read More »
Are you a CDI specialist who feels like you’re spending an inordinate amount of time reviewing denial after denial after denial? Take a deep breath—it’s not just you....Read More »
Sepsis is one of the most prevalent diagnoses necessitating hospital admissions in the United States. According to the CDC, over 1.7 million people are diagnosed with sepsis in the U.S. each year. Not only does sepsis come with a higher...Read More »
In the intricate web of today’s U.S. healthcare landscape, every diagnosis, treatment, and procedure holds significance for financial management and quality of care. Amid the myriad of conditions and diseases, “probable” catheter-...Read More »
by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
As CDI professionals, we face a challenge when the clinical meanings of words do not match the ICD-10-CM classification system. For records related to matters of the heart, the meanings of such words—e.g., chest pain, ischemia...Read More »
Denials continue to be a pain point and significant challenge for every hospital across the nation. Whether inpatient or outpatient, denials are rampant. Denials also continue to strain revenue cycles in every organization. What can...Read More »
Ask any hospital in the country what their most pressing problems are, and one can almost guarantee that denials will make it into the top three. As ACDIS reported in a Journal...Read More »
