Polish your profile by clarifying heart failure, pneumonia, and pressure ulcers
Medical Records Briefing, November 1, 2008
This is an excerpt from a member only article. To read the article in its entirety, please login or subscribe to Medical Records Briefing.
As many of us know, various staff members regularly approach us to address the quality of care we deliver in our hospitals. And delivering quality care requires that we also cooperate with practice guidelines outlined in core measures for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, and postoperative infections. Effective October 1, this list expanded to include patient safety measures, such as catheter-related urinary tract infections, central line–related septicemias, pressure ulcers, and others.
Various staff members often want us to clarify terminology to better reflect patients’ true severity of illness. The goal of accurate and complete documentation is to help hospitals look good.
This is an excerpt from a member only article. To read the article in its entirety, please login or subscribe to Medical Records Briefing.
Comments
0 comments on “Polish your profile by clarifying heart failure, pneumonia, and pressure ulcers ”
Related Products
-
2010 CDI Program Management Track: ACDIS Conference Audio Recording
This on-demand recording of the Program Management track from the June 2010 ACDIS conference in Chicago. The event featured...
-
2010 Clinical Chart Review Track: ACDIS Conference Audio Recording
This on-demand recording of the Clinical Chart Review track from the June 2010 ACDIS conference in Chicago. The event...
-
New CDI Initiatives and Ideas Track: ACDIS Conference Audio Recording
This on-demand recording of the New Initiatives and Ideas track from the June 2010 ACDIS conference in Chicago. The event...
-
ICD-10 Trainer
ICD-10 Trainer provides the latest news and updates related to ICD-10 regulations, and tips from HCPro experts and faculty...
-
ICD-10 Trainer
ICD-10 Trainer is a bi-weekly e-newsletter with the latest tips from the experts about how to get ready for the new coding...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HealthDataInsights posts new issues for medical necessity claims
- Sneak Peek: Effort underway to establish caseload benchmarks
- Q/A: Coding for telescopic intraocular lens
- New FAQ posted on storing laryngoscope blades
- Tip: Perform your own internal investigation prior to government audit
- HIPAA 5010 deadline extended, but threat remains, says AMA
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- E-mailed
-
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Q/A: Coding for telescopic intraocular lens
- Q/A: Correct use of modifier -PT
- Tip: Correctly code bilateral pain management procedures
- "Wall fountains" may be spreading Legionnaires to patients, visitors
- 2012 CPT code changes for ASCs: Shoulder and knee scopes and pain management
- Case Management Monthly, March 2012
- Searched