When two conditions are both present on admission, both meet definition to be the principal diagnosis, and are “equally treated,” my understanding is that the condition does not have to be "equally treated" in the sense of duration/frequency. Can you provide the actual verbiage of the coding...Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the implementation of six new ICD-10-CM codes to identify conditions related to COVID-19,...Read More »
CMS has released the final rule for the Department of Health and Human Services’ risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) program. The rule...Read More »
My organization has received three denials for the diagnosis of severe calorie malnutrition based on the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria. All three denials came from the same small insurance company. We don’t use GLIM criteria at our organization currently. Should we...Read More »
Coding Clinic’s value comes in part from code inquiries being freely available to everyone. Anyone can send a question or comment to Coding Clinic by simply registering on their website; you don’t have to be a member of the AHA. Of course, there is a process to submit questions...Read More »
