Clinical & Coding

by Ghazal Irfan, RHIA

An excisional debridement of the skin or subcutaneous tissue is the surgical removal or cutting away of such...Read More »

On April 14, CMS released the fiscal year 2018 IPPS...Read More »

Editor’s note: William Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP, director of DRG Review, Inc. answered the following questions in...Read More »

Q: Does sepsis and/or severe sepsis have to be documented in the medical record when only septic shock is noted? We have a couple of...Read More »

by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP

Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, First Quarter 2017, which became effective March 15,...Read More »

Andrea Johnson, RN, BSN, CCDS, the CDI specialist at Carolinas Rehabilitation in Concord, North Carolina, worked in the acute inpatient setting...Read More »

by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS
Many CDI and coding professionals let out a sigh of relief when the First Quarter 2017 edition of ...Read More »

By Daniel E. Catalano, MD, FACOG

As Robert S. Gold, MD, co-founder of DCBA, Inc. and founding ACDIS Advisory Board member, was...Read More »

CMS released the fiscal year (FY) 2018 IPPS proposed rule...Read More »