Clinical & Coding

by Trey La Charité, MD
Every institution reading this column has likely received its first recovery audit contractor (RAC) denials...Read More »

Attached is a supplement to the October 2010 issue of CDI Journal. It provides important updates every CDI specialist should know...Read More »

CDI specialists need to use all the tools available in their documentation training box to effectively change physician behavior. Educational...Read More »

Patients who survive sepsis infections face a long battle with cognitive and physical decline, according to research from University of Michigan...Read More »

MS-DRG 432 (cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with MCC) is one of many MS-DRGs slated for RAC validation audits by HealthDataInsights and Connolly...Read More »

Three years. That’s how long you have to prepare for the implementation of the International classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10)....Read More »

by Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC-I, CCDS

by Jon W. Arnott, MD, CMQ

Acute kidney injury (AKI) serves as warning that acute renal failure (ARF) and end-stage renal disease (...Read More »

by Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCDS

Approximately 11% of Medicare beneficiaries are now enrolled in private managed care...Read More »