Of the three risk stratification approaches used, the De Ritis ratio most effectively stratified the risk for 30-day mortality in patients with sepsis-associated liver injury (SALI), according to a...Read More »
A: For CDI programs that have CDI staff reviewing patient safety indicator (PSI) cases, how are PSI reviews set up? Do you have a dedicated CDI staff member for these reviews? Is it a shared task among the group or is there a PSI team? Do you meet regularly with the quality team, and...Read More »
Blood pressure patterns observed during the first half of pregnancy can help predict hypertensive disorder in women up to 14 years after giving birth, a new American Hospital Association (AHA)...Read More »
Patients possessing comorbidities in midlife are at a higher risk of acquiring cancer overall and, moreover, cancers linked to their specific comorbidities, according to a new study.
Q: Consider a patient who is readmitted for postoperative pain control after a lung transplant two days prior. How would coders report this type of surgical complication in ICD-10-CM? In general, what are the guidelines for coding pain as a surgical complication of transplantations...Read More »
Instances of depression and anxiety were found to be “significantly higher” in patients with chronic pain than those without, according to a new study cited in Medscape...Read More »
Q: Consider a patient who received a hysterectomy two days ago and was later admitted for severe acute abdominal pain around the surgical wound. When the wound was reopened, it was discovered that an instrument had been left in her body. The instrument was removed, and the wound was...Read More »
