When I was trained in CDI, ACDIS didn’t exist. I had no encoder to use. There was hardly anyone I could turn to and run a case by. We were a group of 10 case managers, all educated on the fundamentals of coding, the reasons behind CDI efforts,...Read More »
Findings from a retrospective analysis of inpatient data recently shows that average hospital costs and mortality rates are significantly higher for patients diagnosed with sepsis after hospital admission when compared with patients...Read More »
Much like concurrent CDI reviews, the concurrent coding process requires coders to follow the chart throughout the patient’s admission and code it at intervals.Read More »
CDI professionals, along with HIM professionals, have important responsibilities to assign the most accurate ICD-10-PCS codes to arrive at the correct DRG assignment. Despite working together, there are times when differing perspectives...Read More »
Q:We have a couple providers that will diagnose patients with severe sepsis with septic shock when they are hypotensive stating that they “caught the cascade early” and averted the need for vasopressors. Alternatively, the...Read More »
Among patients ages 65 years and older, the rate of opioid-related hospitalizations increased more than the rate of non-opioid-related hospitalizations between 2010 and 2015.Read More »
