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KANSAS CITY ACDIS CDI QUARTERLY CHAPTER Meeting3/7/2017Location: Liberty Hospital Thank you JeanAnn Corbett, CDI Supervisor Liberty Hospital for Hosting!Jarrod talked about UASI and provided information on the company (services, careers etc) The Refreshments provided by UASI as well.Save the Date October 14th 2nd Annual Missouri State Conference. There will be a Friday night event for anyone who wants to participate. Holiday Inn across from KU has limited rooms so book quickly. Parking has not been confirmed for the event. Volunteers are welcome. Contact Christine Schattenfield or Rebekah May if interested in volunteering. Openings around KC for CDI Roles: Saint Luke’s has two CDI Specialists roles open (see website or contact Christine Schattenfield) East and Plaza LocationsNorth Kansas City has one CDI Specialist role openSepsis, Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock (Discussion on Denials, Queries, Reverse Queries and new criteria) (see power point) SOFA 3 was published in JAMA FEB 2016 as a guide for clinical indications. Facilities have not adopted the policy of using SOFA 3 as the Surviving Sepsis Criteria is still widely used and CMS has not updated their criteria. Coding has not changed their criteria as far as we know and typically lags behind the Clinical guidelines.Sepsis Articles and education (see attached) Malnutrition denials Vidant—report attached for your information. Guideline effective 10/1 ICD-10 CM Guidelines, maybe found at the following website: This is a big document so if you hit CTRL f you will get a search box that you can enter terms for specific guidelines (ie COPD) ICD-10 code lookup tool: Codes Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease (retained stone >3 years vs. <3years considered still active)Acute vs. Chronic Hepatic Renal FailureCoding what the diagnosis that Provider has documented. If in question can always query for clinical validation.COPD and Pneumonia-COPD superceded the diagnosis of pneumonia except in the event of Aspiration pneumonia.Next Meeting Date July. Truman will be hosting. ................
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