Clinical & Coding

Among patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), those who received metabolic surgery (also known as bariatric surgery) had a...Read More »

Q: Do you query for acute pulmonary insufficiency? If so, what criteria do you use?

Response #1:...Read More »

On June 11, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released...Read More »

by Laurie Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CRC

I usually enjoy the second quarterly Coding Clinic release each year...Read More »

Q: What criteria guidelines are you utilizing for sepsis (i.e., Sepsis-2, sequential organ failure assessment [SOFA], etc.)? Do you...Read More »

The accuracy and prognostic performance of some risk assessment models (RAM) is “limited” in predicting venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients,...Read More »

ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Linnea Archibald sends out “missed connections” emails with questions from Council members on a regular basis....Read More »

Q: A 64-year-old female inpatient has hepatocellular cancer with an orthotropic liver transplant with bile duct obstruction and is...Read More »

A study published by the Journal of the American...Read More »

About 750,000 deaths linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could be prevented every year through available vaccines, water and sanitation, and...Read More »