Q: We recently had a situation where a 72 year old was admitted with large pleural effusion,...Read More »
Q: We recently had a case where the patient was admitted for “sepsis secondary to a urinary infection (UTI) with chronic...Read More »
Q: An intoxicated patient comes into the emergency department with a history of alcoholism and...Read More »
Q: An intoxicated patient comes into the emergency department with a history of alcoholism and the physician prescribes precautions for...Read More »
Q: I am part of a fairly new CDI department trying to amp-up our physician education/guidelines. To...Read More »
Q: I’ve been confused recently regarding coding from the pathology or radiology reports for specificity. It seems that in recent years, (I...Read More »
Q: When a provider states that the patient is admitted rule out (R/O) a myocardial infarction (MI) would the MI get coded as though it...Read More »
Q: The majority of the admissions I am reviewing this week are for an elderly population. It...Read More »
Q: The majority of the admissions I am reviewing this week are for an elderly population. It seems that they all have the...Read More »
