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Who Owns Sepsis?

A recent “Opinion” article by three distinguished professors from Harvard and Washington University in St. Louis titled “Who Owns Sepsis?” […]

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)

On September 2, 2018, the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition […]

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

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

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 […]

Clinical Validation – Where do we Stand?

As everyone probably knows by now that the 2017 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, effective October 1, 2016, contains […]

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 […]

CMS Responds to New Sepsis-3 Definition

The newly proposed Sepsis-3 definition has been the subject of great controversy and consternation since its publication in The Journal […]

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