Decompensated CHF
Do you have to query "decompensated systolic CHF"? Our coders will not code this as acute.
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To: Cole, Sharon (PHN/Waco)
Subject: [cdi_talk] To code BMI do you need an associated diagnosis?
I thought I was taught that it was not enough to have a BMI < 19 or >40, that you needed an associated diagnosis such as morbid obesity or cachexia etc.
But when a fellow CDI threw it in the encoder, it will give the CC without an associated diagnosis.
Has this changed?
I was also under the impression that it affected SOI/ROM but don't have access to the APR DRG Grouper.
Thanks
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From: CDI Talk [mailto:cdi_talk@hcprotalk.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 8:43 AM
To: Cole, Sharon (PHN/Waco)
Subject: [cdi_talk] To code BMI do you need an associated diagnosis?
I thought I was taught that it was not enough to have a BMI < 19 or >40, that you needed an associated diagnosis such as morbid obesity or cachexia etc.
But when a fellow CDI threw it in the encoder, it will give the CC without an associated diagnosis.
Has this changed?
I was also under the impression that it affected SOI/ROM but don't have access to the APR DRG Grouper.
Thanks
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