Clinical & Coding

Just because hospitalizations and inpatient admissions due to pneumonia declined from 2003 to 2009, that doesn’t mean the U.S. population is...Read More »

In October 2010, when ACDIS first conducted its assessment survey regarding CDI readiness for ICD-10 implementation, 83% of respondents indicated...Read More »

by Lynne Spryszak, RN, CCDS, CPC

The American Hospital Association (AHA) does not plan to “convert” past issues of Coding Clinic...Read More »

While most CDI specialists know to query for conditions related to malnutrition, such as obesity and cachexia, programs frequently ignore...Read More »

by William E. Haik, MD, FCCP

There has been a considerable amount of confusion regarding physician terminology, documentation
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by Trey La Charité, MD

An emergency department (ED) physician diagnosed a patient with pneumonia. He was concerned about a...Read More »

The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee discussed a few changes to the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 code sets for the October 1, 2012...Read More »

Q: I am wondering about whether coders can use information the physician takes from test results and includes in the history and physical...Read More »

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