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Q: If a patient is in a three-tiered DRG, but has a three-day length of stay (LOS), is it correct that the next review need not occur till...Read More »

Editor’s Note: Over the coming weeks, we’ll take some time to introduce members to a few of this year’s ACDIS...Read More »

Tara Bell, MSN, RN, CCDS, CCM, manager of CDI and utilization review services at United Audit Systems, Inc. (UASI) of Cincinnati...Read More »

Q: If a consulting physician documents a diagnosis related to his or her specialty but the attending does not (instead simply documenting...Read More »

Q: I’m having problems determining the correct coding guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and...Read More »

Editor’s Note: Timothy Brundage, MD, CCDS, medical director of Brundage Medical Group, LLC, in Redington Beach,...Read More »

Q: A patient was admitted to the emergency department (ED) via ambulance. The emergency medical technician (EMT) noted that the patient...Read More »

Editor’s Note: Over the coming weeks, we’ll take some time to introduce members to a few of this year’s ACDIS...Read More »

Q: I work at a pediatric hospital and am wondering if a newly diagnosed diabetic patient should also have malnutrition coded separately....Read More »

Editor’s note: So we’re getting close to conference time!  we’ll take some time to introduce members to a few of...Read More »