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What are some ways to assist with mortality reviews in order to identify missed opportunities and increase the severity of illness (SOI)/risk of...Read More »

If a patient safety indicator (PSI) would be excluded because a procedure was emergent, do you still capture the code that would have triggered a...Read More »

Q: I’m trying to come up with ways to keep my CDI staff engaged and give them more flexibility for a better work-life balance. I’...Read More »

​Q: Our dietitians send cases needing a query for malnutrition to our CDI staff. Previously, they were notifying providers of the...Read More »

Under what circumstances and when is it appropriate to code flash (acute) pulmonary edema and acute-on-chronic heart failure (diastolic or...Read More »

I am seeing many patients who manifest diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and COVID-19 symptoms with provider documentation indicating that the COVID-19...Read More »

How should we code a patient admitted with sepsis due to COVID-19 who also has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?Read More »

Is there a practice/industry standard that requires the CDI staff to write two queries per day?Read More »

According to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, first quarter 2020, “when COVID-19 meets the definition of...Read More »