Premature infants who receive probiotics may have a reduced risk of developing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and dying, adding evidence supporting the use of live microorganisms, according to a new study...Read More »
Q: How can queries play a role in clarifying malnutrition and cachexia diagnoses while ensuring the patient’s condition is reflected in the medical record accurately for proper coding?
A: Let’s take a look at an example where a...Read More »
Patients with community-onset presumed bacterial sepsis were less likely to get timely antibiotics if they had gastrointestinal (GI) or respiratory symptoms at the time of presentation, a recent study published in ...Read More »
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced the 2027 CPT code set includes 299 new codes, 74 revisions, and 80 deletions coming to a variety of services.
Among 250 hospital-onset sepsis events reviewed across nine hospitals, 79% were attributed to infections. Additionally, out of 100 infection-related cases selected for preventability assessment, 31 were judged potentially preventable. Respiratory infections accounted for more than half of all...Read More »
Q: What clinical factors distinguish acute skin failure from a pressure injury, and how should the two conditions be approached from an ICD-10-CM coding perspective?
A: This can be a difficult question to answer because there is no...Read More »
