Clinical & Coding

The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Sep- tic Shock published new clinical guidelines for diagnosing sepsis, dubbed Sepsis...Read More »

Q: What is the meaning of the addition to the 2017 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting related to clinical...Read More »

The Cooperating Parties made revisions to the 2017 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting to explain how bilateral...Read More »

Q: We are getting a number of patients who are admitted for a three-day inpatient stay for tikosyn-loading due to atrial...Read More »

Q: I have a patient with alcohol-induced pancreatitis. In this case, the documentation notes a lactate level of 2.9 mmol/L with...Read More »

Q: I have a question about coding “unspecified” versus “other specified,” as to whether schizophrenia, multiple episodes, acute exacerbation, is...Read More »

by Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP

The last few weeks have been mind-spinning. First and foremost, the...Read More »

by Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS

The world didn’t end on October 1, 2015. After years of postponement, the...Read More »

The 2016 ACDIS/AHIMA Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant Query Practice call on CDI or coding pro- fessionals to query physicians if the...Read More »

Editor’s note: ACDIS Advisory Board members Paul Evans, RHIA, CCDS, CCS, CCS-P, and Judy Schade, RN, MSN...Read More »