Surgeons are the most important financial drivers of your institution’s revenue cycle and an integral component of its publicly reported quality data, but they tend to be documentation minimalists at baseline. This presentation will...
While the ICD-10-CM/PCS Index, Table, and Guidelines serve as the foundation for code assignment, the American Hospital Association’s Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS provides interpretative advice deemed by many to be official. This...
This session provides an overview of the how, what, and why of a CDI review. It will provide exactly what you want to be looking for and what you should include and exclude. During the presentation, attendees will learn why we produce a CDI...
Sepsis has been on an interesting, albeit winding ride, with a big twist in 2016 as clinical definitions changed once again. This presentation will review the history of the disease, explore new definitions and how to critically...
Identifying whether a condition that occurred in the operative suite or in the postoperative period is a surgical or postoperative complication can be challenging, even for the most seasoned professionals. Participants will learn common intraoperative...
by Tarush Kothari, MD, MPH, and Deborah Mallon, RN, MPA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS
Varying standards of care for patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) contribute to poor outcomes and high care costs. This case study shows how AKI detection algorithms can be embedded in biochemistry...
by Debbie Mackaman, RHIA, CPCO, CCDS, and Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CCDS
Understand the moving parts that create the background logic of how diagnoses and procedures interact with one another while uncovering hidden opportunities for revenue...
