Many CDI specialists struggle with the complication and comorbitity (CC) and major CC (MCC) lists due to their length, complexity, and specific documentation requirements. William Haik, MD, FCCP, director of DRG Review, Inc., in Fort Walton Beach, FL, spoke during the July 23,...Read More »
The attached is a supplement to the January 2010 issue of CDI Journal. It provides important updates every CDI specialist should know regarding new guidance issued in AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, fourth quarter 2009. The source for the article is James Kennedy, MD, CCS, and...Read More »
Three years. That’s how long you have to prepare for the implementation of the International classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10). If you are among those who think there is still plenty of time to prepare, or if you think CDI specialists already understand as much as they need to...Read More »
MS-DRG 432 (cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with MCC) is one of many MS-DRGs slated for RAC validation audits by HealthDataInsights and Connolly Healthcare, two of the four RACs that have begun targeting hospitals nationwide.
RACs may target this particular MS-DRG for a variety of...Read More »
Have you ever noticed how fashion trends make their way back around every few decades? The same thing happens with healthcare hot topics. It appears that the topic of length of stay (LOS) has made its comeback. You may wonder what role (...Read More »
Every so often, I come across some coding issues that recall other coding issues. Selection of the proper procedure code can sometimes get one into trouble.
For example, there is a new code for the conversion of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (...Read More »
Q:I am a case manager on a cardiac step-down unit. Our work focuses primarily on specific disease management and patient contact/education and nurse mentoring/chart reviewing, patient rounding, etc. We are very clinically focused. We don’t do utilization review (UR) or...Read More »
