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Director’s Note, 5
CDI Week theme set: Focus on quality
 
ICD-10,  6
Dual coding/CDI keeps facilities on track
 
Civics Lessons, 8
Gloryanne Bryant offers a recap of the ICD-10 politics that led to the delay
 
Buyer Beware, 10
Trey La Charité, MD, discusses compliance concerns related to vendor promises

Clinical Corner, 12
Robert S. Gold, MD, discusses hypoxemic respiratory failure

Pediatric Malnutrition, 13
Larry Faust, MD, discusses how pediatric benchmarks differ from adults

Cardiorenal Syndrome, 15
Huff DRG Review, Inc., reviews common query opportunities
 
Coding Clinic, 16
Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, explores the first issue of Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/ PCS

 

 

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