Clinical & Coding

On February 23, 2016, the Journal of the American Medical Association published new clinical definitions for sepsis and septic shock, dubbed “...Read More »

by Rachelle Musselman, BSN, RN, Jorde Spitler, BSN, RN, Daniel Lantis, BSN, RN, Joseph E. Ross, MD, and Thomas A. Taghon, DO, MHA
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by Julian Everett, RN, BSN, CDIP
Sepsis affects more than 1.7 million adults in the United States each year, and it’s estimated to...Read More »

According to the 2018 CDI Week Industry Survey, which included an extended section on CDI staffing practices, only 36.56% of respondents said they...Read More »

by Sarah Nehring, CCS, CCDS
The last thing a query writer wants is to provoke a defensive response, but in the current healthcare...Read More »

By Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS
The American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2019, will likely make...Read More »

by Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS

Parkinson’s disease was first described by James Parkinson in 1817. It is a progressive...Read More »

Q: We recently had a patient who was admitted with sepsis and the physician documented sepsis, a urinary tract infection (UTI) related...Read More »

By Candace Blankenship, BSN, RN, CCDS
The role of the CDI specialist is in constant flux. When I started out as a CDI specialist,...Read More »

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

In addition to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting...Read More »