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e4health Officially Launches the 360 Degree Auditing Approach at ACDIS 2025: Powered by e4auditor® for CDI
The ACDIS 2025 National Conference marked a pivotal moment for e4health as we officially launched our e4health 360 Degree Auditing Approach, a comprehensive CDI auditing methodology powered by our proprietary tool e4auditor®. With a bustling booth and enthusiastic...
e4health Team Spotlight- Scott Sifen
Join us in celebrating Scott Sifen, our Program Director, and explore how his leadership is driving innovation at e4health.Can you walk us through your career path and how it led you to your current role at e4health? I spent the first 10 years of my career at...
Coding Tips: New Codes for Type 1 Presymptomatic Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1 Presymptomatic Diabetes Mellitus New Codes (Valid for October 1, 2024 discharges) Presymptomatic T1D consists of the presence of islet autoantibodies or biomarkers that attack islet autoantigens, such as insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Multiple...
Coding Tip: Larynx Transplant
Larynx Transplant is an emerging procedure for patients with laryngeal dysfunction or laryngectomy. The procedure replaces a damaged (or excised) voice box (larynx) with a new one, potentially restoring voice, swallowing, and breathing functions. It can include the...
Coding Tip: Jaundice in a Preterm Newborn
A critically ill premature newborn was delivered at 23 weeks of gestation and diagnosed with jaundice. Phototherapy was provided and bilirubin levels were monitored. Is it appropriate to assign code P59.0, Neonatal jaundice associated with preterm delivery, based on...
e4health Team Spotlight- Tim Brennan
Join us in celebrating Tim Brennan, our Senior Director of Healthcare IT and Operations Consulting, and explore how his leadership is driving innovation at e4health.Can you walk us through your career path and how it led you to your current role at e4health?...
e4health Team Spotlight- Patricia Ward
Join us in celebrating Patricia Ward, our Clinical Data Abstraction Manager, and explore how her leadership is driving innovation at e4health.Can you walk us through your career path and how it led you to your current role at e4health? I hold a Bachelor of...
Coding Tips: LAP Flap (Lumbar Artery Perforator Flap)
The LAP flap is a type of autologous breast reconstruction that uses skin and tissue from the lower back and love handle to make a breast This detached tissue is used to make a breast and small arteries and veins are sutured under a microscope to allow the tissue to...
Coding Tips: Endoscopic TransEsophageal Puncture (TEP)
TEP (Endoscopic TransEsophageal Puncture) is a new ICD-10-PCS valid with April 2025 discharges. A TEP with voice prosthesis provides the ability to speak after a total laryngectomy. A one-way valve implant is placed in a small hole that is made between the trachea and...
Coding Tips: Drug-eluting Resorbable Scaffold
Esprit™ BTK Everolimus Eluting Resorbable Scaffold System Esprit is designed to physically support the vessel and release everolimus to reduce the risk of re-narrowing. Over three years, the scaffold is resorbed to allow vessel remodeling and reduce the chances of...
Coding Tips: Zero Balance Ultrafiltration
Ultrafiltration is used to maintain volume management and/or filter the blood in order to reduce the adverse effects of hemodilution during CPB. Example: A patient was admitted for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure. During the CABG, the surgeon noted...
Coding Tips: Anosognosia
Anosognosia, also called lack of insight, is a neurological condition in which the individual is unaware of, and unable to accept their neurological deficit or psychiatric condition. It is associated with mental illness, dementia, and structural brain lesions, such as...