Clinical & Coding

Pediatric inpatient psychiatric bed capacity did not change from 2017 to 2020, and the number of beds varied widely by state, according to...Read More »

A correlation was found between inadequate hospital nurse staffing and an increased risk of patient death, according to...Read More »

by Deanne Wilk, MPS, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS

Toxic encephalopathy, a neurological disorder causing brain dysfunction, is...Read More »

Q: A patient is in the postpartum period after delivering a healthy baby girl. She developed diabetes mellitus during the pregnancy....Read More »

A new study published in JAMA Open Network suggests...Read More »

One of the biggest benefits of Council membership is that it opens opportunities for collaboration and networking between members. While you can...Read More »

Q: What are some of the common documentation pitfalls or missteps related to pediatric malnutrition? And what can CDI specialists do...Read More »

More than half of inpatient pneumonia diagnoses changed from the emergency department (ED) to discharge, and uncertainty in clinical notes was...Read More »

On August 1, 2024, CMS issued the...Read More »

Cigna Health will begin denying evaluation and management (E/M) codes and supporting Z codes lacking supplemental medical record documentation,...Read More »