Q: What criteria guidelines are you utilizing for sepsis (i.e., Sepsis-2, sequential organ failure assessment [SOFA], etc.)? Do you adjust criteria based on payer? We’re currently using Sepsis-2 for all payers.
Q: A 64-year-old female inpatient has hepatocellular cancer with an orthotropic liver transplant with bile duct obstruction and is immunosuppressed due to drugs. Which ICD-10-CM codes would be reported?
A: The scenario would be reported with ICD-...Read More »
by Deanne Wilk, MPS, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS
In the intricate landscape of healthcare documentation, malnutrition stands out as a nuanced yet pervasive issue that warrants attention from CDI teams. Beyond its clinical implications, malnutrition documentation does hold “...Read More »
According to a recent study published in the American Heart Association Journal, an increase in referrals for noninvasive cardiac testing (NICT) was not associated with improved outcomes for lower-risk patients with acute myocardial injury already ruled out for their chest pain. The...Read More »
About 750,000 deaths linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could be prevented every year through available vaccines, water and sanitation, and infection control methods, experts estimate in a series of four papers in The...Read More »
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published a study demonstrating that, between 2015 through 2021, codes designed to specify inflammatory arthritis...Read More »
