I believe there was a Coding Clinic several years ago where the diagnosis of “mental incompetence” was changed to “intellectual disability,” but I can’t seem to locate it. What ICD-10 code should be used if a person is documented as “mentally incompetent”?Read More »
CDI Week serves as an annual week of recognition for those professionals in the clinical documentation integrity field to be celebrated. This year, CDI Week takes place September 13-17, and includes a free sponsored webinar, daily Q&As from our...Read More »
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Each fall we join our revenue cycle, quality, and coding colleagues in a race to read and understand the impacts of the newest ICD-10-CM coding changes and the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. As CDI professionals, we can...Read More »
I had a great couple of days this past weekend. The weather up here in northeast Massachusetts, some 35 miles north of Boston, was in the low-mid 80s. I spent Saturday afternoon outdoors with my father, 77, and my wife and daughters, barbecuing and chit-chatting....Read More »
Physician’s mental health and professional feelings of burnout represents an ongoing concern, according to The Physicians Foundation. Some 58% of physicians reported feelings associated with burnout in a...Read More »
It may seem logical, but clinical judgement—or mistakes thereof—represents a serious concern in relation to malpractice suits according to a CRICO Strategies study, MedPage Today reported. Diagnosis-related malpractice cases cost nearly $2 billion, in commercial liability payouts....Read More »
