Can you please clarify these 3 areas in the DRG Expert for me? Inclusion notes Exclussion1 notes Exclussion2 notes and how that translates in the...Read More »
I am looking for clarification on two seemingly contradictory statements. One says when a practitioner documents a diagnosis that does not seem...Read More »
Can you please discuss right heart failure and its relationship to pulmonary hypertension instead of diastolic heart failure. For example,...Read More »
When I was trained as a new CDI specialist, I was told that I could query for hyponatremia with two low sodium (NA) values as a clinical indicator...Read More »
Our facility has adopted a systemwide definition of sepsis (based on Sepsis-3) and we’re having success with educating most providers. Some of our...Read More »
What are some ways to assist with mortality reviews in order to identify missed opportunities and increase the severity of illness (SOI)/risk of...Read More »
If a patient safety indicator (PSI) would be excluded because a procedure was emergent, do you still capture the code that would have triggered a...Read More »