Clinical & Coding

An overhaul of the newly coined Promoting Interoperability Programs (PIP, formerly known as the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs),...Read More »

Q: We recently had a situation where a patient was admitted for syncope workup and all the workups...Read More »

by Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA/CGMA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS
Coding reviews provide an opportunity for you to conduct a thorough...Read More »

CDI departments are encouraged to download and print the poster and decorate their office with it to spread word about the celebration.Read More »

On average, more than half of hospitals fail to comply with the CMS sepsis treatment requirements.Read More »

Q: The coders at our facility recently asked CDI to teach the providers to...Read More »

By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS

Some words are just fun. Fun to say, fun to spell, fun to use. One of those words, in my...Read More »

By Karen Newhouser, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, CCM, CDIP

The evaluation and management (E/M) section of the Current Procedural...Read More »

Because coroners and medical examiners did not specify the drugs contributing to death, potentially 70,000 opioid-related overdose deaths from...Read More »

Q: Our neurologist often documents encephalopathy for many of our patients....Read More »