3563 Philips Highway, Suite #106

3563 Philips Highway, Suite #106

#1 Is this HIV disease?

The advice above supercedes guideline #1 and guideline #2, previously published in Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 1991, page 3. This information is consistent with advice previously published in Coding

3563 Philips Highway, Suite #106

3563 Philips Highway, Suite #106

3563 Philips Highway, Suite #106

Scenario #1

Scenario #1 - Decubitus ulcer as prin dx with stage 4 as secondary - CC 1st Qtr, 1996 page 15 and CC 3rd Qtr, 1990 p 15 both offer advice on a similar scenarios.

Can anyone confirm whether or not codes 518.81 and 518.84 are included in the numerator for AHRQ PSI #11 in 2014?

I believe that coding clinic is referring to infection due to the actual cystostomy, not infection due to the SP catheter itself.

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the H/H after the initial draw on Post-op Day #1, would you query? Or, is this more an issue of it being at the MDs discretion since this patient did have a dip in H&H and did have blood loss

Example #1 Example #2

a patient with conflicting documentation. Doc #1 says sepsis on admit...never doc on again, so a query was placed and doc #2 says SEPSIS ruled out. Doc #3 comes in on the dc summary and says sepsis o

old female. Baseline hct normal 37.0. POD #1 hct 28.5 (23% drop). Too

Thanks Paul, I agree with you. After a LONG discussion with the coder, I was able to get her to code the septic shock in case #1 without a query. Case #2, I think a query would be nice to clarify. Thi

The advice above supercedes guideline #1 and guideline #2, previously published in Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 1991, page 3. This information is consistent with advice previously published in Coding

3563 Phillips Highway, Suite #106

3563 Phillips Highway, Suite #106