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Q: I’ve been confused recently regarding coding from the pathology or radiology reports for specificity. It seems that in recent years, (I...Read More »

Q: When a provider states that the patient is admitted rule out (R/O) a myocardial infarction (MI) would the MI get coded as though it...Read More »

Q: The majority of the admissions I am reviewing this week are for an elderly population. It...Read More »

Q: The majority of the admissions I am reviewing this week are for an elderly population. It seems that they all have the...Read More »

Q: With electronic health records, many times the attending provider will “pull” the pathology or radiology report into their note...Read More »

Q: Our physicians frequently document ‘meets sepsis criteria.’ Is this a bad habit forming? If the patient is septic, shouldn’t the...Read More »

Q: If a pathologist serves as a “consulting physician,” why isn’t the coder allowed to code from his/her...Read More »

Q: If we were live with ICD-10 would we query for sepsis infectious...Read More »

Q: I had a question about whether or not queries can be used to question the documentation of a...Read More »

Q: I attended the ACDIS conference in Nashville. (It was excellent!) I had a question about whether or not queries can be used to question...Read More »