Clinical & Coding

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 »

Three years. That’s how long you have to prepare for the implementation of the International classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10)....Read More »

by Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC-I, CCDS

by Jon W. Arnott, MD, CMQ

Acute kidney injury (AKI) serves as warning that acute renal failure (ARF) and end-stage renal disease (...Read More »

by Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCDS

Approximately 11% of Medicare beneficiaries are now enrolled in private managed care...Read More »

Just because physicians may document the term excisional debridement it doesn’t mean that coders can automatically code the procedure, said ...Read More »

Why AKI was demoted to CC status by CMS

By Robert S. Gold, MD

Attached is a supplement to the July 2010 issue of CDI Journal. It provides important updates every CDI specialist should know regarding...Read More »

It may be too early to start intensive ICD-10-CM training for your coding and CDI team, but now is a good time to at least become familiar with...Read More »