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Conference
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Removing/Rescinding a query?
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respiratory failure following trauma or surgery 518.51 and 518.52
by donna.kent ·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. -
Respiratory failure as PDx
by ssalinas ·overdose can be found under PDX #14, Poisoning, in Coding Clinic for -
Demand infarct
by cseluke ·2. Demand infarct, troponin leak from problem #1. -
Respiratory failure as PDx
by ddouthit ·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 -
FW:
by ssalinas ·The advice above supercedes guideline #1 and guideline #2, previously -
Managing the Problem List.
by kshumpert ·#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 -
Educate me on heart failure!
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Coding Clinic and ICD-10
by lspryszak ·http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10cm.htm#10update (copy and paste into your browser. -
RE: cdi_talk digest: July 20, 2011
by lspryszak ·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 -
To code BMI do you need an associated diagnosis?
by dsmith12h@aol.com ·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 -
accelerated HTN dx and treatment
by dbutler ·The UHDDS item #11-b defines Other Diagnoses as “all conditions that -
Emaciation
by hollyf1 ·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 -
Queries
by dvitalone1 ·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 -
Unsupported diagnosis
by robert.hodges2 ·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 -
post op arf
by laura.jansen ·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 -
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