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Principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, principal procedure, and present on admission are covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/coding-rules.htm
15 Sep 2016
New CMS specialty code and more on Sepsis-3
This column discusses the new CMS specialty code for hospital medicine and developments in sepsis criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/coding-CMS-specialty-code-sepsis.htm
15 Jun 2016
Hospitals review evidence in-house
Evidence-based practice centers target patient care and safety.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/evidence-based-practice-centers.htm
15 Apr 2016
Stroke and TIA
A transient neurologic deficit lasting 24 hours or more, even when imaging studies are unremarkable, is a cerebrovascular accident, not TIA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/coding-stroke-TIA.htm
15 Dec 2015
In the News
Physician-owned vs. non-physician-owned hospitals, evidence on cleaning methods, barrier precautions during arterial catheter insertion, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2015
Physician-owned, non-physician-owned acute-care hospitals appear to provide similar care, study finds
Physician-owned hospitals were more likely to be small and urban, and their patients were younger and less likely to be admitted through the ED.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/16/2.htm
16 Sep 2015
Quality over cost: New book focuses on physicians' role in improving value
The book's authors discuss the importance of high-value health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/book-high-value-care.htm
15 Aug 2015
ICD-10-CM specificity: The sky isn't falling
ICD-10-CM allows much greater specificity of diagnosis codes, it will require little more from physicians than ICD-9
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/ICD-10-CM-specificity.htm
15 Jul 2015
Teach trainees more thought, less waste
Hospitalist role models can help residents embrace high-value care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/high-value.htm
15 Mar 2015
HCAP: What's the organism?
Correct coding requires documentation of the presumed or confirmed causative organism.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2014