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AI-assisted EHR documentation will need human help

By Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News Artificial intelligence technologies are being increasingly relied upon in the healthcare domain, particularly when it comes to decision support, precision medicine, and the improvement of the quality of care. Regarding primary care specifically, AI also represents an opportunity to assist with electronic health record documentation. A new study…

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Code changes coming for evaluation and management visits: 4 things to know

Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review In its proposed Physician Fee Schedule for 2021, CMS outlined changes to how office and outpatient evaluation and management visits will be coded. Four things to know: 1. CMS proposed a refinement to clarify the times when prolonged office and outpatient E/M visits can be reported. The department proposed revaluing…

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Guest post: Most common COVID-19 respiratory manifestations

By Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC for ACDIS CDI Blog In their review of the medical record, CDI professionals aim to reconstruct the patient story from admission to discharge by examining, understanding, and synthesizing many puzzle pieces from disparate systems and people. Many patients coming in with COVID-19 related pneumonia are demonstrating…

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Guest post: Most common COVID-19 respiratory manifestations

By Alba Kuqi, MD, CICA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CRCR, CSMC for ACDIS CDI Blog In their review of the medical record, CDI professionals aim to reconstruct the patient story from admission to discharge by examining, understanding, and synthesizing many puzzle pieces from disparate systems and people. Many patients coming in with COVID-19 related pneumonia are demonstrating…

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Guest post: Sepsis 2.5

By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS for ACDIS CDI Blog Sepsis-3 is celebrating its fourth birthday this year, and while it can be hard to judge the success or failure of a child until it’s forty, one can at least take an early look to make sure the kid isn’t tearing wings off flies. So,…

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ICD-10 Codes for Spring

From AdvancedMD If the long gray days of winter have you hankering for sunny skies and warmer temps, we have good news: The Vernal Equinox is only days away! This year the Vernal Equinox, also called the “Spring Equinox”, falls on March 20 and marks the official beginning of Spring. The change of seasons has…

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How to use ICD-10-CM, new lab testing codes for COVID-19

How to use ICD-10-CM, new lab testing codes for COVID-19 from the AAP Division of Health Care Finance The introduction of 2019-nCoV Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV (COVID-19) in the United States has produced an influx of patients into the health care system. While knowing how to diagnose and treat these patients is vital, being able to appropriately…

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