CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 32

News: FY 2025 IPPS final rule released, SDOH codes granted CC status

August 8, 2024
Clinical & Coding, News

On August 1, 2024, CMS issued the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 32

News: Patient records with pneumonia have high rates of uncertainty, study shows

August 8, 2024
Clinical & Coding, News

More than half of inpatient pneumonia diagnoses changed from the emergency department (ED) to discharge, and uncertainty in clinical notes was more common than not, according to a nationwide retrospective analysis of Veterans Affairs (VA...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 32

Q&A: Coding pediatric malnutrition

August 8, 2024
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: What are some of the common documentation pitfalls or missteps related to pediatric malnutrition? And what can CDI specialists do to address them proactively?Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 31

News: New Cigna Z code policy requires additional provider documentation

August 1, 2024
Clinical & Coding, News

Cigna Health will begin denying evaluation and management (E/M) codes and supporting Z codes lacking supplemental medical record documentation, according to a Cigna press release...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 30

News: Nurse survey shows improvements in 2023, retention still an issue

July 25, 2024
Clinical & Coding, News

The percentage of nurses planning to leave their position fell from 39.1% in 2022 to 32% in 2023, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, though things such as planned departure rates...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 30

News: Risk of long COVID dropped since the start of the pandemic, study shows

July 25, 2024
Clinical & Coding, News

The chances of a person developing long COVID have significantly decreased since the pandemic began, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Among unvaccinated people, the study found...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 30

Q&A: Reporting spinal cavernoma in ICD-10-CM

July 25, 2024
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding, Education

Q: A patient presents with a chief complaint of thoracic intrinsic spinal cord lesion causing back pain, left lower extremity sciatic-type pain, and foot drop. An MRI of the thoracic spine revealed a T11-T12 spinal cord lesion consistent with a cavernous malformation. Which ICD-10-CM...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 18, Issue 28

News: FY 2025 ICD-10-CM code updates, guidelines released

July 11, 2024
Clinical & Coding, News

In the last week, CMS released the fiscal Year (FY) 2025 ICD-10-CM code update and Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, which are effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

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