Q:We recently had a patient who met criteria for sepsis, but they also presented with a narcotic overdose. Would we be able to code the sepsis based on the criteria present or should we query?Read More »
Barinder Gill, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, will present “Improving Documentation in the Intensive Care Burn Unit” on Day 3 of the ACDIS conference. Gill is a CDI specialist/senior clinical analyst at Unite Health Group in San Francisco, California....Read More »
Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, CPE, will present “Playing Above the Live: Is Your Program Everything It Can Be?” on Day 3 of the ACDIS conference. Fox is the associate chief medical center, associate professor of surgery, medical director of pediatric trauma, and medical director of CDI at Cooper...Read More »
Q:We recently had a patient come in with acute kidney injury (AKI). The patient had clinical indicators for CKD, but their baseline creatinine was unknown. The patient has daily labs for 72 hours already, so would it be...Read More »
Q:We are receiving denials on the grounds that encephalopathy must be resolved prior to discharge in order to be present. How would you suggest we fight these denials?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 »