Recently, the patient had a two-day length of stay (LOS) on telemetry, no cardiac related symptoms or complaints, no EKG, no troponins, no...Read More »
If a patient is admitted with a gastrointestinal bleed (self-limiting, no treatment/procedures performed or medication changes) within four weeks...Read More »
I’m having trouble determining how I would code an acute myocardial infarction (MI) for subsequent admissions occurring within four weeks of the...Read More »
The Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria defines acute kidney injury (AKI) as any of the following: “Increased creatinine...Read More »
I am getting mixed information regarding uncertain diagnoses and if they have to be documented at the time of discharge (and if so, what does the...Read More »
Rani Stoddard, MBA, RN, CPHQ, RHIA, CCDS, CCS, CDIP, is the CDI and HIM supervisor at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, California, and the...Read More »
