Clinical & Coding

Hospitals that successfully participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program and are meaningful EHR users could see a 2.8% payment...Read More »

by Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
I have a great affection for the 2000-Year-Old Man. A creation of classic comedians Mel Brooks...Read More »

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article cited information about Glasgow Coma Scale score coding that has since been...Read More »

When faced with a body mass index (BMI) denial, I have used the following Coding Clinic references with no luck:

• Coding Clinic
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Suggested changes for the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) payment rule for acute and long-term care hospitals...Read More »

The ACDIS Regulatory Committee recently posted its...Read More »

by Linnea Archibald

It’s Health Information Professional (HIP) Week and that makes it the perfect time to celebrate the HIM...Read More »

ACDIS PRO is an online, customizable tool that includes all the valuable information you’ve come...Read More »

Does anyone review inpatient psyche as part of their workflow? We are being asked to explore this and have done a small sample of reviews. We are...Read More »

by Cynthia Raymond, RN, MSN, CPC, COC, CCDS, ACM-RN

CDI specialist’s work can often be tapered down to two categories of work. One...Read More »