Q: Our coding department doesn't have a standard query process. How can...Read More »
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By Allen Frady, RN-BSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC
We’re all very familiar with the reasons for not doing clinical validation—we shouldn't...Read More »
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It’s easy to pick on physicians. As CDI specialists, we joke about the physician...Read More »
Q: Can the physician be queried as to why the patient is taking methadone or suboxone? If yes...Read More »
By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
Memo from the Full Disclosure Department: Lying behind my confident attitude, my devil-may-care...Read More »
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