As a CDI specialist, do you ever wonder about some of the ins and outs of coding that don’t seem to make sense? Presented by an auditor who has worked with multiple companies providing auditing and educational services, this session discussed...
Garry L. Huff, MD, CCS, & Christopher M. Huff, MD, FACC
This father-and-son team of physician clinical coding expert and interventional cardiologist examined the updated definition of acute myocardial infarction and its effect on documentation, coding, and physician queries...
In this presentation, attendees learned the science of metastases as well as the clinical impact on organs distant from the primary site. Participants explored the most common types of cancer and their metastatic preferences as well as how to “read...
Burn coding is unique in that physicians should be specific in documenting certain parameters of burn patients. Degree of burns, extent of burns (total extent, each degree burn extent), location of burns, and type of burns are information that is...
A reported spike in SOI in inpatient Medicare beneficiaries may, at first glance, seem to indicate a sicker population, a new analysis published...Read More »
The qSOFA is often used as a predictive assessment to determine if a patient has sepsis, allowing the hospital to start the various sepsis care...Read More »
