2022 Day 3, Track 2: 794 or 795: Identifying Complicating Factors in Newborns and Neonates

June 9, 2022
Conference Materials
Clinical & Coding

794 or 795: Identifying Complicating Factors in Newborns and Neonates
Glen Nielson, MSN, RN, CDI specialist with Optum360 in Chandler, Arizona, and Heather Sandstrom Schipma, RN, CDI specialist with Optum360 in Phoenix, Arizona
Denial prevention has become a...

Q&A: Querying for and sequencing anemia

June 9, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 23
Ask ACDIS, Clinical & Coding

Q: I recently reviewed a chart where the patient received packed red blood cells (PRBC), the hemoglobin and hematocrit were 6 and...Read More »

News: AHA comments on the FY 2023 IRF PPS proposed rule

June 9, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 23
Clinical & Coding, News

Following the...Read More »

ACDIS update: June 23 ACDIS webinar to focus on sepsis definitions, outcomes, and denials

June 9, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 23
Clinical & Coding, Education

Sepsis 2.5. It’s what the CDI program at JPS Health Network named its sepsis criteria—merging early identification of CMS’ core bundle measures...Read More »

Q&A: Sequencing sepsis due to infected arteriovenous graft, central venous catheter

June 2, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 22
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Q: What is the coding sequence for sepsis due to infected arteriovenous (AV) graft or central venous catheter?Read More »

News: Inequities in telemedicine for cancer care, according to study

June 2, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 22
Clinical & Coding, News

The use of telemedicine for cancer care has grown increasingly common but not at an equitable rate, according to...Read More »

Q&A: Determining systolic versus diastolic heart failure

May 26, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 21
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​Q: Is there a cut off for EF to determine if it is truly a systolic HF or diastolic HF?Read More »

News: NQF and Humana release paper calling for new risk adjustment model

May 26, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 21
Clinical & Coding, News

In a recent joint paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine...Read More »

Q&A: “With” as a linking term

May 19, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 20
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Q: A question came up with our staff regarding if we should be querying for linking terms using the term “with” such as “Foley...Read More »

News: Average cost of treating disease in U.S. increased 1.6 times from 1999 to 2022, analysis shows

May 19, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 20
Clinical & Coding, News

Healthcare spending in the United States is notoriously...Read More »

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