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Q: I’ve heard that if a condition cannot be identified as POA, it will not keep the criteria for a...Read More »

Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, is a principal and co-founder of Pinson and Tang, LLC. Dr. Pinson will be presenting on Day 2 of the...Read More »

Ever wonder how your CDI program ranks in terms of physician query responses? Wondering if your facility is the only one that struggles to reduce...Read More »

Q: Often, we get caught up on some clinical indicators that potentially...Read More »

Q: During a final pre-bill coding review, the coding leader identifies a CDI initiated query that...Read More »

Q: We recently had a situation where a patient was admitted for syncope workup and all the workups...Read More »

Q: The coders at our facility recently asked CDI to teach the providers to...Read More »

Q: There’s a lot of exclusions for the PSI 90 conditions. Are we expected to memorize all of them for...Read More »

Q: Our neurologist often documents encephalopathy for many of our patients....Read More »

Hussein Albishi, BSc HIM, CHIM, is an HIM/CDI consultant, with Vision Realization Office (VRO) for the Ministry of Health, in Saudi Arabia. He is...Read More »