We’ve compiled the latest updates as to what is defined as either a complication or comorbidity (CC) or a major complication or comorbidity (MCC).Read More »
A new risk model, published in a recent study in JAHA, provides a simple way to determine whether acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients are at high risk for hospital readmission.Read More »
Q: I was reading the Q&A from CDI Strategies, , and I wanted to check whether I’m misinterpreting it. It seems that you are insinuating that vasopressors or...Read More »
Q: I have a general question about how providers should list their primary and secondary diagnosis in their daily progress notes. I was taught the primary diagnosis should be listed as number 1 (first listed diagnosis) and then the other...Read More »
by Denise Wilson, RN, MS, RRT, and Karla Hiravi, RN, BSN
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a sudden and temporary loss of kidney function, while acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is kidney injury characterized by acute tubular cell injury and dysfunction. CDI professionals need to...Read More »