Q: A patient was admitted to the emergency department (ED) via ambulance. The emergency medical technician (EMT) noted that the patient was in full cardiac arrest, with ventricular tachycardia (VT). The EMTs shocked the patient via defibrillator en route to hospital. What would we assign...Read More »
Under documentation. That’s the biggest concern when it comes to acute respiratory failure diagnoses, according to 42% of respondents to a poll during the February 8 episode of ACDIS Radio. A slight...Read More »
Despite the fact that sepsis is one of the deadliest and costly medical conditions for hospitals, doctors frequently fail to properly document this immune system response to infection that kills more than 250,000 Americans each year,...Read More »
Q: I work at a pediatric hospital and am wondering if a newly diagnosed diabetic patient should also have malnutrition coded separately. While the dietician sees these patients routinely, the head of endocrinology explained she hasn’t been documenting the level of malnutrition because it...Read More »
CDI specialists depend on clinical indicators to support queries. Hospitals and physicians need clinical indicators to support the validity of documented diagnoses.Read More »
Radiation oncology services billed to CMS had a 9.6% improper payment rate in 2015, leading to Medicare improperly pay $137 million for these services, according to a study reported in the January 2016 Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter,...Read More »
HealthGrades, the online healthcare provider rating service, released its widely read list of America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals for 2017, with few changes seen from the 2016 list,...Read More »