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Coding and CDI Tips
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Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy (2Q 2025 Coding Clinic)
Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy (2Q 2025 Coding Clinic) When a pregnant patient is diagnosed with ‘chronic hypertension’, assign a code from category O10, Pre-existing hypertension complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. Chronic hypertension in...
CDI Tips: Social Determinants of Health
Topic: Social Determinants of Health Definition: Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, worship, and age. Diagnostic Criteria: Codes describing...
e4health Monthly Pulse – November Recap
Coding Tips: Chemotherapy Desensitization
Chemotherapy Desensitization (2Q 2025 Coding Clinic) When a patient is admitted for chemotherapy desensitization, assign code Z51.11, Encounter for antineoplastic chemotherapy, as the principal diagnosis. Chemotherapy desensitization...
Coding Tips: Lymphovascular Invasion
Lymphovascular Invasion (2Q 2025 Coding Clinic)The patient underwent an outpatient radical prostatectomy with pelvic LN dissection for prostate cancer. The final diagnosis listed on the pathology report indicates lymphovascular invasion; however, it also confirmed...