As part of the 14th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Patty King-Musser, DNP, BSN, RN, CCDS, senior director of CDI at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, answered...Read More »
As part of the 14th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Maricus Gibbs, PhD, RN, CDI specialist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,...Read More »
As part of the 14th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Lynette A. Byerly, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS, CDIS auditor/educator at University of Colorado Health, and Mariclare...Read More »
Q: Consider patients who are admitted with cellulitis and have type 2 diabetes mellitus with no neuropathy or elevated glucose levels. Should coders query the provider to clarify if the cellulitis is caused by the diabetes, or should such a query only be sent if a patient has other...Read More »
As part of the 14th annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Kelly Benson, BSN, RN, CCDS, CDI regional manager at Memorial Hermann Health in Houston, Texas, answered these...Read More »
Q: What ICD-10-CM code should we report for a periprosthetic fracture due to an injury? Do you use the S codes for a traumatic fracture with a secondary code for replacement, or do you select a code from the M97 (Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint) category?...Read More »
Q: Regarding the role of prior encounters in queries, is there a recommended timeframe for how long ago the prior encounter should occur to be used in a query? If a patient’s last ECHO was three years ago, should that information from a prior encounter still be pulled into a query?...Read More »
Q: A patient is in the postpartum period after delivering a healthy baby girl. She developed diabetes mellitus during the pregnancy. She is being treated with Metformin, an oral hypoglycemic drug. How would this situation be reported in ICD-10-CM?
