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Accidental Puncture & Laceration: Coding Clinic 2021 Second Quarter
Does the recent Coding Clinic advice regarding accidental puncture and laceration contradict Official Coding Guidelines for coding Complications of Care?  […]
Morbid and Severe Obesity: How are these defined?
Historically, a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 has been defined as “morbid” or “extreme” obesity. The World Health Organization […]
Expanding Your CDI Program? Some things to consider...
CDI programs were originally developed to improve the completeness, accuracy, and clarity of inpatient clinical documentation to ensure inclusion of […]
Filtering Out Confusion Over Kidney Disease
As part of our free webinar series, we conducted a webinar in December 2020 clarifying the diagnostic criteria for acute […]
Important COVID-19 Updates
In another unprecedent mid-year ICD-10 classification update, new COVID-19 related codes have been created effective January 1, 2021.  The new […]
The Solution to Severe Malnutrition Denials: Document the Treatment!
The CMS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report in July 2020 claiming that hospitals over-billed Medicare approximately $1 […]
Big Change for Glasgow Coma Scale Codes for FY2021
In probably the most important change to the FY2021 ICD-10-CM guidelines, the reporting of Glasgow Coma Scale codes has been […]
Heart Failure Update: Clarifying New Terminology
By now all of us should be familiar with the terminology and coding for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction […]
Pancytopenia: Neutrophils vs. White Blood Cells
Pancytopenia is a simultaneous deficiency of three blood cell lineages: red blood cells, platelets, and neutrophils. Its clinical significance is […]
Who Owns Sepsis?
A recent “Opinion” article by three distinguished professors from Harvard and Washington University in St. Louis titled “Who Owns Sepsis?” […]

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