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Acute Respiratory Failure - All There Is To Know

The diagnosis and documentation of respiratory failure continues to be challenging for coders, documentation specialists, and physicians. Many physicians, including […]

Case Studies: Demand Ischemia, Non-Ischemic Myocardial Injury, and Type 2 MI

Case #1: A 66-year-old male is admitted with PAT and substernal chest pressure with ventricular rate of 180. Troponin = 0.01--0.03--0.02 (Ref […]

Respiratory Failure Following Surgery

Case 1: A 72 year old patient with severe COPD and history of CHF has uncomplicated bowel resection for colon […]

Acute on Chronic Respiratory Failure

Case: A 67 year old female with severe COPD and chronic respiratory failure on home oxygen at 2 L/min (28%) […]

Multi-drug Resistance

For the 2020 ICD-10-CM, new codes were created to capture antibiotic resistance in clinical settings. The intent is to identify […]

New Global Malnutrition Definition (GLIM)

In 2018, the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition a consensus […]

Myocardial Infarction: What's New

Understanding the different types of myocardial infarction can be challenging. In this article, we share the authoritative definitions for each […]

Important CDI & Coding Updates 2017

COPD and Pneumonia The requirement for code J44.0 (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection) to be coded […]

Surviving Sepsis Campaign Embraces Sepsis-3 Definition

The 2017 Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines to be published in the March 2017 issue of Critical Care Medicine* have […]

Coding of Pneumonia with COPD

In its 2016 Third Quarter edition, Coding Clinic clarified the use of the following two ICD-10 codes: J44.0: Chronic obstructive […]

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