Note from the Instructor | Happy Health Information Professional Week! | By Laurie L. Prescott, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP, CRC In 1986, many of us were humming to Timbuk3’s one hit wonder, “The future is so bright—I gotta wear shades.” Well, we do have a bright future, and sunglasses always make a person look so HIP! So, slap on your shades in celebration of HIP week. March 18-24 is HIP week, honoring Health Information Professionals, whose theme proclaims, “Our Future is Bright!” Many of ACDIS’ members wandered over to the CDI world from the HIM realm (many are coders). I often remind nurse CDI specialists that the original CDI specialists were all coders. I was hired to work in CDI within the HIM department and tell people every day I was certainly raised by a pack of coders. I would not be the CDI professional I am today without the assistance of the staff of the HIM department. |
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Membership Updates | Tip: SIRS beats qSOFA for sepsis screening | by Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, and Cynthia Tang, RHIA, CCS A newly published report from the Annals of Internal Medicine found that SIRS criteria had greater sensitivity than qSOFA as a screening test to initiate treatment for sepsis in non-ICU patients. |
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ACDIS Picks | Q&A: Coding retroperitoneal hematoma and retroperitoneal hemorrhage | Q: Could you shed some light on the codes of K66.1, retroperitoneal hematoma, an MCC, and R58, retroperitoneal hemorrhage, which is not considered a CC or an MCC? If both are documented within the same medical record, is this considered a conflict between two different diagnoses or is one considered more specific? Both are non-traumatic. Is the hematoma code more appropriate if imaging reveals no etiology of the underlying cause? |
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