MS-DRG 432 (cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with MCC) is one of many MS-DRGs slated for RAC validation audits by HealthDataInsights and Connolly...Read More »
The new, revised, and deleted ICD-9-CM codes, effective October 1, 2010, are now out. You can find them in a zip file on the CMS website, here:...Read More »
Despite some misconceptions to the contrary, a coder may report angina, unstable (411.1) if a physician documents any of the following diagnoses...Read More »
Attached is the powerpoint presentation The Power of Case Studies: Death Review and SOI/ROM, as presented by Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, Manager of Clinical Documentation Integrity and Utilization Review at Medical University of South Carolina.
Attached is the powerpoint presentation Best Practices at University of Washington Medical Center: Care Documentation as a Clinical Process, as presented by Mel Tully, MSN, CCDS, and Holly Flynn, RN, CCRN.
Attached is the powerpoint presentation Clinical Potpurri: A Review of Problematic Diagnoses, as presented by William Haik, MD, Director of DRG Review, Inc.
Attached is the powerpoint presentation Bridging the CDI gap: Bringing the clinical/coding reconciliation process together, as presented by Margi Brown, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CCDS, and Lynne Spryszak, RN, CCDS, CPC-A.
In April, CMS held an ICD-10 conference for software vendors, billing services, and clearinghouses to discuss the ICD-10 and Version 5010...Read More »
CDI specialists are getting too tied up with the minutiae of ICD-9-CM coding and DRG optimization instead of focusing on the overall clinical...Read More »
