The fiscal year (FY) 2024 ICD-10-CM codes that are to be used from April 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024, have been released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Files including the guidelines...Read More »
Most facilities find acute respiratory failure to be a commonly denied diagnosis, but this problem is not entirely without solution. For acute respiratory failure, the circumstances of the admission and the focus of care will determine the...Read More »
Sepsis is one of the most prevalent diagnoses necessitating hospital admissions in the United States. According to the CDC, over 1.7 million people are diagnosed with sepsis in the U.S. each year. Not only does sepsis come with a higher...Read More »
In the intricate web of today’s U.S. healthcare landscape, every diagnosis, treatment, and procedure holds significance for financial management and quality of care. Amid the myriad of conditions and diseases, “probable” catheter-...Read More »
by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC
As CDI professionals, we face a challenge when the clinical meanings of words do not match the ICD-10-CM classification system. For records related to matters of the heart, the meanings of such words—e.g., chest pain, ischemia...Read More »
Breast cancer mortality decreased 58% from 1975 to 2019, the likely result of breast cancer screenings and new treatments, according to an article released in JAMA.
