Fights happen. On the playground. In the classroom. In the kitchen. Conflict is a normal part of the human experience; however, when a final DRG and a working DRG get into a fight, sometimes they need a few CDI specialist helping hands to resolve the issue....Read More »
Over the course of the past year while conducting severe malnutrition audits, I've found some cases where severe malnutrition and morbid obesity co-occur in the documentation. So far, I have observed seven cases where this has happened...Read More »
In 2023, the healthcare sector created 653,000 new jobs in the United States, a 17% increase year-over-year from 2022. This accounts for 24% of all the jobs created in the overall economy, according to preliminary federal data announced by the...Read More »
For young-onset dementia (YOD), better known risk factors include diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and depression. But risk of YOD may also be increased by vitamin D deficiency, elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, and social isolation, according to...Read More »
A new clinical study from JAMA Network suggests that patients dealing with the effects of long-term COVID-19, though in possession of significantly worse cognitive outcomes than healthy patients, do not...Read More »
I bet I can speak for many of us who work in CDI and have had the experience of being a patient, as I did during my recent cardiac procedure—I knew the diagnosis that would be coded, the principal diagnosis, and the relative weight of the DRG...Read More »
Nearly 30,000 patients may have undergone an atherectomy procedure too soon or possibly even unnecessarily, according to a new ProPublica data analysis. Consulted experts said...Read More »
