Clinical & Coding

Q: I am with a CDI program that is starting to explore the severity of illness/risk of mortality (SOI/ROM). I personally have...Read More »

The fiscal year (FY) 2017 IPPS proposed rule included some significant changes to Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) 90, one of which is a new name:...Read More »

There are 1,974 additions, 311 deletions, and 425 revisions for the 2017 ICD-10-CM code set, according to a statement published by CMS. The...Read More »

by Trey La Charité, MD

I have previously addressed the issue of auditor denials. However, given the industry changes I have...Read More »

by Katherine Rushlau

When Dee Banet, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, and her CDI team sent out a claim for a surgical...Read More »

Q: I am looking for additional clarification regarding the recent AHA Coding Clinic for...Read More »

Call me unorthodox, but let’s start at the back of the latest edition of the American Hospital Association (AHA)’s Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM...Read More »

by Katherine Rushlau

Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington, has had a successful inpatient CDI program for seven...Read More »

Q: The coders at my facility have stated auto linking congestive heart failure (CHF), hypertension (HTN), and chronic kidney...Read More »