Q: How does one appropriately capture severity for mortality of a newborn when it has been determined prior to birth that the newborn will not survive?
A: As CDI continues to evolve and branch out, we are challenged on how to accurately...Read More »
It may seem rather macabre to discuss mortality reviews the week before Halloween, but it’s become a hot topic among ACDIS members and CDI friends and bears discussion. In fact, when ACDIS called for submissions focused on mortality reviews for the March/April...Read More »
Q: What is your take on differential diagnoses? From The Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, it looks like they are equal to “uncertain conditions” if they are documented at the time of discharge. My concern regards the word “confirmed”: I don’t think that the...Read More »
Q: Do vasopressors have to be used to support the diagnosis of cardiogenic shock?
A: Unlike the clinical diagnosis criteria of septic shock, which requires the use of vasopressors, cardiogenic shock does not require the use of...Read More »
