Q: If a patient is extubated post-operatively but continues to be treated with supplemental oxygen, when is a query for...Read More »
Q: Can you code for thiamine deficiency if the patient is being treated prophylactically for potential thiamine deviancy? ...Read More »
Editor Note: Over the coming weeks, we’ll take some time to introduce members to a few of this year’s ACDIS...Read More »
Q: According to a denial letter, acute metabolic encephalopathy secondary to any disease (which it obviously always is) codes to G94, other...Read More »
Q: When the physician documents that the patient is acute hypoxic and acute hypercapnic, should we code both of these diagnoses?...Read More »
Editor’s Note: Over the coming weeks, we’ll introduce a few of this year’s speakers who are heading to the podium...Read More »
Q: A patient presented to the hospital for a coronary artery bypass graph (CABG) and stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD)....Read More »
Q: If I document a wound at Stage 3 with no CC or MCC, do I also need to assign a present on admission (POA) status?...Read More »
Editor’s note: Over the coming weeks leading up to the conference, we’ll take some time to introduce members to a...Read More »
Q: Can coders change the principal diagnosis assignment without querying the physician?
A: Once the...Read More »
