When a condition meets reporting guidelines for the inpatient admission, is it appropriate to use documentation dated outside the inpatient admission for coding purposes? Are there specific laws or guidelines that prohibit coding from documentation dated outside the inpatient admission?...Read More »
Q: Should queries from different departments be treated and stored differently? Should they be placed in a different location or anything along those lines?
Q: Recently I have discussed the BMI and malnutrition status on patients with our Registered Dieticians (RD). The question arose as to where our criteria came from. I understand that the...Read More »
Q:I have been trying to determine whether a skin graft includes debridement. Based on what I have read in the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and ...Read More »
