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I am seeing many patients who manifest diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and COVID-19 symptoms with provider documentation indicating that the COVID-19...Read More »

How should we code a patient admitted with sepsis due to COVID-19 who also has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?Read More »

Is there a practice/industry standard that requires the CDI staff to write two queries per day?Read More »

According to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, first quarter 2020, “when COVID-19 meets the definition of...Read More »

I am working on developing a career ladder for the CDI team at my organization. Could you provide any input or possible model examples?Read More »

Q: I just listened to the April 1...Read More »

We are trying to reduce the number of queries to providers because we know they are overwhelmed with trying to handle COVID-19. We are only...Read More »

If a hospital-acquired condition (HAC) or patient safety indicator (PSI) is assigned as not present on admission (POA), how does it affect our...Read More »

We are trying to reduce the number of queries to providers at our hospital because we know they are overwhelmed. The CDI staff is only sending...Read More »