Q: I’m trying to decide between the codes F14.121 (Cocaine abuse with intoxication with delirium) and T40.5X5A (Adverse effect of cocaine, initial encounter). The patient presented to the emergency department with altered mental status...Read More »
Claims-based data suggest that the incidence of sepsis is increasing and mortality rates from sepsis are decreasing, but a new study led by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston challenges that assertion.Read More »
Q:Why would the principal diagnosis be catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) when sepsis is also present? I thought it would be always be sepsis. Read More »
On October 1, 845+ code changes take effect for the 2018 fiscal year. Join ACDIS’ renowned CDI education specialists to learn more about which code set changes offer the greatest opportunities for CDI professionals—and which ones present the most urgent needs for physician engagement and...Read More »
The 2018 CPT manual contains a total of 314 code changes, including updates that range from revised observation visits in the E/M chapter to new photodynamic therapy services in the medicine chapter and two new modifiers, according to...Read More »
Q: In a case where the patient has a history of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) documented, why would ESRD be coded as a secondary diagnosis?Read More »