CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 23

Q&A: Resection or excision in ICD-10

October 27, 2011
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Q:I am unsure how “ribs” are categorized in ICD-10. I don’t understand if taking one rib is considered a...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 22

Q&A: Driving the bus for DRG assignment

May 30, 2012
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Q: If the principle diagnosis ICD-9 code is on the MCC list but there is no other diagnosis for the patient, is the DRG assigned with MCC or without?

For example, patient presents with heart failure but has no other diagnoses. So the ICD-9 code is 428.21, acute...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 22

Q&A: Using tumor board notes post discharge

October 13, 2011
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Q:  Some physicians are uncomfortable making addendums to the discharge summary to include the pathological findings (e.g...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 20

Q&A: Communicating expectations to achieve excellence

May 23, 2012
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Editor’s Note: I recently came across this question and answer in one of our sister publications ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 20

Q&A: Coding Clinic clarifies SIRS query questions

September 29, 2011
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Q:  How should I query for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) if SIRS codes to sepsis? I want to correctly query and obtain the proper supporting information in the...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 19

Conference Q&A: ‘CDI Career Ladder’

May 10, 2012
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Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series of Q&As with presenters and participants from the ...Read More »
CDI Blog - Volume 5, Issue 18

Conference Q&A: ‘The Physician Advisor’s Role in CDI’

May 8, 2012
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Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series of Q&As with presenters and participants from the ...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 5, Issue 18

Q&A: When to query physicians regarding pathological findings

September 15, 2011
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When a condition meets reporting guidelines for the inpatient admission, is it appropriate to use documentation dated outside the inpatient admission for coding purposes? Are there specific laws or guidelines that prohibit coding from documentation dated outside the inpatient admission?...Read More »

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