Most now know some of COVID-19’s tell-tale symptoms and previous studies have shown the preponderance of complicating conditions such as ...Read More »
As the United States enters the flu season, the American Medical Association (AMA) released two new CPT codes on October 7 for reporting antigen tests that...Read More »
The ACDIS Regulatory Committee has created templates for CDI and coding professionals’ use to express their support for the new COVID-19 codes,...Read More »
Members of the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee proposed creating new ICD-10-CM codes related to screening, exposure, and personal history for COVID-19. The new codes, if finalized, would take effect...Read More »
CMS announced that the End-Sage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model has been finalized. The goal of the model is to “improve or...Read More »
Can you offer any insight as to how you are handling CMS’ new requirement for documentation of COVID-positive patients stating that the physician needs to document not only that the...Read More »
Did you know that nearly 41% of CDI departments are involved in the denials management or appeals process and nearly 40% of their denials come from private payers? Did you know that more than 80% of CDI professionals query, even when the query outcome only impacts a quality measure rather than...Read More »
