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Certain decision support alerts built into hospital EHR systems can lower costs, readmissions, and complications for patients, according to a new...Read More »
Q: What do you suggest the providers write to describe medication/substance overdose? In my...Read More »
By Linnea Archibald
While I’m tempted to start with a joke about encephalopathy being confusing, it turns out the ACDIS website...Read More »
Changes include clarification on the usage of “with,” updated sepsis guidance, and added guidelines for subsequent MIs.Read More »
By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS
My colleague Dr. Douglas Campbell, my senior partner and mentor in all things CDI, dropped into...Read More »
Q: We recently had a patient who was admitted with sepsis POA and a UTI. When...Read More »
Q: I’ve heard that if a condition cannot be identified as POA, it will not keep the criteria for a...Read More »
by Erica E. Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS
I was recently reviewing Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2018, and felt that the question...Read More »
Q: Often, we get caught up on some clinical indicators that potentially...Read More »
