Clinical & Coding

Q: What is difference between the severity of illness (SOI)/risk of...Read More »

Like all reporting structures, CMS updates its Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) list each year. Recently, version 23 was released, and it...Read More »

A preliminary study published in the JAMA found that a...Read More »

Rules governing code assignment often don’t make sense to those coming to CDI from the clinical side of the house. In truth, they often confound...Read More »

by Cesar M. Limjoco, MD
Sepsis has been defined as a toxic response to infection. Sepsis-1 and Sepsis-2 defined it as a systemic...Read More »

Q: How do these new Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM)...Read More »

Much like concurrent CDI reviews, the concurrent coding process necessitates that the coding professional follow the chart throughout the patient’...Read More »

By Tracy Boldt, RN, BSN, CCDS, CDIP, and Ellen Jantzer, RN, MSN, CCDS, CCS, CRC

The hierarchical condition categories (HCC) are...Read More »

Q: If the patient reports an elevated temperature at home, can we use that towards reporting...Read More »

by Tammy Trombley, RHIT, CDIP, CCDS

Risk models group diagnoses according to ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and categorize patients who...Read More »