Clinical & Coding

By Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS

As part of my consulting practice, I do a lot of work on appeals, so the news that...Read More »

Much like concurrent CDI reviews, the concurrent coding process necessitates that the coding professional follow the chart throughout the patient’...Read More »

Q: What is difference between the severity of illness (SOI)/risk of...Read More »

by Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS and Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS
The clinical world now has a new set of criteria for malnutrition,...Read More »

Q: Our coders often select the principal diagnosis based on how invasive the testing is. For example, a patient comes in with...Read More »

by Cesar M. Limjoco, MD
Sepsis has been defined as a toxic response to infection. Sepsis-1 and Sepsis-2 defined it as a systemic...Read More »

Rules governing code assignment often don’t make sense to those coming to CDI from the clinical side of the house. In truth, they often confound...Read More »

by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS
I’m glad I’m not the only one who sometimes has a problem determining the proper codes and their proper...Read More »

Q: How do these new Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM)...Read More »

A preliminary study published in the JAMA found that a...Read More »