Coding-Clinical Disconnect Part I: Type 2 Myocardial Infarction
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I received some correspondence regarding my Type 2 myocardial infarction article last week which prompted me to ponder the coding-clinical disconnect. Let us address the Type 2 MI concerns this week, and next week, I will tackle the broader
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Enhancing Patient Care with Clinical Documentation Improvement
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Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) ensures that health services are accurately documented and helps healthcare coders and physicians work toward improved patient care while also streamlining productivity. When meaningful clinical data is captured, organizations can ensure
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Physician Practices Disillusioned As They Don’t Maximize EHR Benefits |
Nearly 90 percent of physician practices with six or fewer practitioners are not using optimization tools included in their electronic health record systems, according to findings in a new report from Black Book
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The Gender Wage Gap Cannot Be Accepted
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Recently, I left my home base in southeastern Wisconsin and landed in the warm and humid landscape that is Orlando to attend Hospital Medicine 2018, hosted by the Society of Hospital Medicine. It’s a bit of a homecoming as this impressive group of physicians from all over the country is my original medical clan as a former pediatric
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Part III: Multiple Chronic Conditions: Patient & Physician Confirm Medical Necessity for Palliative Care |
Prior to undertaking the necessary work against this set of activities, review Parts I and II of this series. Review definitions, and give more than passing glance at the ICD-10 lookup system online...
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