Growing evidence suggests that claim denials are often based on a secondary diagnosis of severe malnutrition. Hospital inpatient denials continue at a furious pace. From
Auditors appear to be hungry to deny. Right on schedule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), through their contractor, has released the latest
March is National Nutrition Month. In honor of National Nutrition Month (March), here is a review of weight-related diagnoses. The Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines
When I was a physician advisor, our system had a malnutrition crisis. It wasn’t that we had an explosion of unexpected cases; we were not
One billion dollars is a big number, but more astounding to me, as it pertains to a recent finding by the U.S. Department of Health
New criteria could be incorporated in ICD-11. Malnutrition is a terrible problem worldwide, even more so in third-world countries than here in the U.S. Historically,
The OIG continues to review cases of malnutrition. The diagnosis of severe protein calorie malnutrition is under high scrutiny from the Centers for Medicare &
Key criteria govern the search to determine whether a patient is malnourished. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a summary of a transcript of Pamela Charney
Dieticians’ findings must find their way into the medical record to achieve proper care and coding. Diagnosing malnutrition is not diving for dollars. Malnutrition –
It’s that magical time of year for parents everywhere: back-to-school time. With a return to school comes a flurry of activity and planning and, in
We continue our series of discussions exploring malnutrition – specifically, undernutrition – in hospitalized patients in more depth. Our topic is malnutrition in the elderly
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