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Distinguishing between stroke and TIA requires taking into consideration various definitions, including cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, aborted stroke, impending stroke and TIA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2009
Insufficient insufficiency
Physicians often use the term renal insufficiency to communicate the status of a patient’s renal function, but this isn't enough when the medical record supports a more specific condition.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/coding.htm
15 Mar 2009
Documenting adverse drug reactions and poisonings
Adverse effects of a correctly administered drug or drugs must be coded and reported differently than the misuse of a drug, which is classified as “poisoning” in ICD-9-CM coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2010
Is it sepsis?
John Doe was brought to the emergency department by ambulance from a local nursing home.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/coding.htm
15 Feb 2009
Medicare reports on the 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Value Modifier
For physicians who haven't begun working on the Value Modifier, 2016 is the year for immediate action.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/coding-physician-fee-schedule-value-modifier.htm
15 May 2016
Helping patients follow their heart (failure meds)
Partnership between clinicians and pharmacy improved medication adherence after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/success-story-helping-patients-follow-their-heart-failure-meds.htm
15 May 2018
Physician advisor as a career path
These physicians help ensure compliance with regulatory issues and advise on medical necessity and documentation needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/coding-corner-physician-advisor-as-a-career-path.htm
15 Mar 2021
10th Annual Top Hospitalists issue
Meet our 2017 Top Docs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/10th-annual-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2017
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CODING CORNER. Table 3. Tasks of physician advisors inclinical documentation improvement programs Review records referred by the clinical documentation. ... improvement (CDI) team in a timely manner. Resolve clinical documentation specialist/coder mismatches of diagnosis-related groups.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/acph-201411-coding_t3.pdf
17 Nov 2014
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Table 2. Components of physician participation in clinical documentationimprovement programsAwareness. Participate in clinical documentation improvement(CDI) educational activities. ... Understand impact and objectives of CDI. Ask questions and contact clinical documentation specialist (CDS) if needed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/acph-201411-coding_t1.pdf
17 Nov 2014