Q: I have a question about the coding of a Kennedy ulcer. I’ve heard that once an ulcer is identified as a Kennedy ulcer, it should no longer be coded as a pressure ulcer. How do you code a Kennedy ulcer? Or do you not code it at all? A: A Kennedy terminal...Read More »
In following ACDIS’ blogs and discussion strings, you can easily count which topics which receive the lion’s share of attention on one hand. Encephalopathy, malnutrition, sepsis, myocardial infarction, and respiratory failure....Read More »
The Coordination and Maintenance Committee met at the CMS headquarters on March 7-8 to discuss the proposed new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes for fiscal years (FY) 2018 and 2019. The commenting period for the proposed codes closes on Friday, April 7.Read More »
Q: Lately, we have been receiving responses of “did not assess or treat” or “this is a chronic stable medical problem not associated with the patient’s presentation,” although the nutritional assessment such as severe malnutrition is...Read More »
These days it seems sepsis is constantly in the news. Hardly a day passes where the efficacy of some new life-saving drug is being advocated or disputed, a sepsis DRG downgraded, or Sepsis-2 versus Sepsis-3 definitions debated. We’ve also had some major recent news from the likes of the...Read More »
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating several health insurers over whistle-blower allegations that they fraudulently collected millions in Medicare payments by claiming patients were sicker than they actually were.Read More »
