The ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee met on September 10–11, 2019 to discuss code proposals for implementation on October 1, 2020, for fiscal year 2021. Several members of the ACDIS CDI Regulatory Committee listened to or...Read More »
by Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC
The fiscal year (FY) 2020 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, released shortly after the FY 2020 ICD-10-CM code release, provide instructions for healthcare professionals on how to appropriately report...Read More »
I’ve been asked in several classes about the difference between an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and white blood cell (WBC) count and whether they can both be used for evaluating pancytopenia. Let’s take a look at what each of these terms mean and...Read More »
By Candace Blankenship, BSN, RN, CCDS
The role of the CDI specialist is in constant flux. When I started out as a CDI specialist, my hospital wanted me to focus on reimbursement. Having one focus gave me a clear path and little conflict when I was educating and querying providers...Read More »
On February 23, 2016, the Journal of the American Medical Association published new clinical definitions for sepsis and septic shock, dubbed “Sepsis-3.” In the three years since then, a host of analyses and conflicting documentation and coding requirements have caused not only consternation but...Read More »
by Rachelle Musselman, BSN, RN, Jorde Spitler, BSN, RN, Daniel Lantis, BSN, RN, Joseph E. Ross, MD, and Thomas A. Taghon, DO, MHA
When a condition is ill defined and documented by a provider, it renders the CDI specialist, and later the coding professional, unable to capture the...Read More »