Clinical & Coding

Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC

Psychiatric and intellectual disabilities are often overlooked in the inpatient setting unless the patient is admitted for psychiatric care. CDI specialists in both the inpatient and outpatient settings need to obtain the appropriate...

James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS

Participants heard how the underlying causes of altered mental status challenge CDI principles requiring subject matter expertise and finesse in advocating ICD-10-CM documentation and coding compliance. Learn fundamentals on clinical and...

Debbie Worthington, RHIT, CCS, C-CDIS

As a CDI specialist, do you ever wonder about some of the ins and outs of coding that don’t seem to make sense? Presented by an auditor who has worked with multiple companies providing auditing and educational services, this session discussed...

Garry L. Huff, MD, CCS, & Christopher M. Huff, MD, FACC

This father-and-son team of physician clinical coding expert and interventional cardiologist examined the updated definition of acute myocardial infarction and its effect on documentation, coding, and physician queries...

Beth Wolf, MD, CPC, CCDS

In this presentation, attendees learned the science of metastases as well as the clinical impact on organs distant from the primary site. Participants explored the most common types of cancer and their metastatic preferences as well as how to “read...

Barinder K. Gill, CCS, CDIP, CCDS

Burn coding is unique in that physicians should be specific in documenting certain parameters of burn patients. Degree of burns, extent of burns (total extent, each degree burn extent), location of burns, and type of burns are information that is...