While the average price for the five ED CPT codes were higher in 2016 than in 2009, the average price for higher severity codes rose at a faster rate than low severity codes, according to...Read More »
Q: We recently had a patient admitted with severe acute meningitis causing respiratory decompensation. A diagnostic lumbar puncture and mechanical ventilation were both performed during the inpatient stay. Which of the two procedures would be...Read More »
Q: I’ve heard that when the volume of surgical cases is flat, any movement in the CMI represents an increased complexity of the patients. Can you explain what that means?Read More »
Join two recent ACDIS Conference speakers on Thursday, July 18, 1-2:30 p.m., for an in-depth look at the various sepsis clinical definitions, coding requirements, and quality programs, and learn how The Medical Center at Bowling Green developed a sepsis clinical pathway to ease the confusion.Read More »
Q:I’ve been told that vasodilator therapy can be used to preserve renal function, but I’m having trouble understanding how. Could to explain it to me?Read More »
