ACDIS’ sister publication JustCoding would love your help on a quick survey! They are conducting a survey about a potential product and we would appreciate your input.Read More »
Sepsis accounts for a higher rate of unplanned readmissions than acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure, pneumonia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a recent JAMA study...Read More »
Q:A patient presented to the hospital for a coronary artery bypass graph (CABG) and stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD). After surgery, the physician documented additional kidney damage, end stage renal disease (ESRD), and dialysis. ESRD is a MCC, however, the coder thinks...Read More »
Since the advent of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, CDI professionals have known that physician copy and paste errors pose a threat to accurate documentation. Consequently, these errors can also negatively affect patient safety as well, according to a...Read More »
A Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) study showed insufficient documentation caused the most improper payments for facet joint injections, according to the January 2016 Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter.Read More »
Nearly half of the death certificates reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009 to 2012 listed the cause of death inaccurately. The Morbidity and Mortality Report, published in January, reviewed 205 medical charts at random from eight separate hospitals in the...Read More »
Even though we now have a new president of the United States who vowed to abolish the Affordable Care Act, I believe that Donald J. Trump will not touch provisions that address perceived cost inefficiency or quality within our healthcare system...Read More »
Q: If I document a wound at Stage 3 with no CC or MCC, do I also need to assign a present on admission (POA) status? A: Every diagnosis reported (unless exempt) require a POA status.Read More »