The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced during the March 18 ICD-10-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting that a...Read More »
With special guests Kerry Seerkircher, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, director of CDI at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York, Julie Foley, MSN, RN, CDIP, CCDS,...
The top diagnoses leading to clinical validation queries tend to follow a pattern, and it’s likely one that will come as no surprise to even newer...Read More »
CMS has issued frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) for healthcare providers regarding Medicare payment for laboratory tests and other...Read More »
With special guest Beth Wolf, MD, CPC, CCDS, medical director of HIM at Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina. The show is co-hosted by Laurie...
I’ve always thought that, as long as the clinical indicators support the condition you’re querying for, providing all the options for the specific...Read More »
Cigna announced in its first quarter 2020 Network News that it will be adopting Sepsis-3 criteria. The news item says that the change will take...Read More »
The CDC released official diagnosis coding guidance for encounters and deaths related to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), effective February...Read More »
