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1. Patient is on our Hospitalist service. A query is sent to MD#1 regarding malnutrition. The next day, you notice that MD#1 is no longer on service and patient is now being managed by MD#2. Can you r

2. Coders coding post-op resp.failure because a doc writes pulm insuffiency somewhere after surgery, it could be 5 or 6 days. Or #1.

overdose can be found under PDX #14, Poisoning, in Coding Clinic for

2. Demand infarct, troponin leak from problem #1.

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

The advice above supercedes guideline #1 and guideline #2, previously

#1 I have been running reports by specialty on the most common diagnoses used and adding the acuity that we need:) These are placed in a folder for the physicians. The diagnoses field is not all tha

Yes. This is my understanding. CHF is mentioned twice in the record. By the attending on day#1 and by the pulmonologist after the ECHO. Cards never mentions it and also states there is "no si

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10cm.htm#10update (copy and paste into your browser.

In other words, it just gets to be the bus driver (DRG designator) not the #1 passenger (PDx). And it can't be the driver and a passenger at the same time. You can't pick, either. It will ALWAYS be t

The UHDDS item #11-b defines Other Diagnoses as “all conditions that coexist at the time of admission, that develop subsequently, or that affect the treatment received and/or the length of stay. Diagn

The UHDDS item #11-b defines Other Diagnoses as “all conditions that

The UHDDS item #11-b defines Other Diagnoses as "all conditions that coexist at the time of admission, that develop subsequently, or that affect the treatment received and/or the length of st

Our CDI Program is going into it's 3rd month and we had a situation come up 2 times already. Example #1: Pt admitted with UTI which is clearly docmunent in the chart (PDx). ID is consulted and in her

something like this, and yes I did recently, to #1 query the provider to ask how they came to that conclusion, and #2 notify the coder of what I am querying the provider for and that I don't feel tha

with 2 units prbcs. The MD documented pod#1 output slightly down, pod#2 output much improved after transfusion. Any advice would be great. This particular MD is has not been very cooperative with the

It was decided in-house (not consultants) that if the physician documented any response the tracking response would be #1. This method most likely messes with the "financial" impact