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What is your most frequent nonmaternal, non-neonatal principal diagnosis?
- Septicemia23%
- Heart Failure21%
- Osteoarthritis3%
- Pneumonia7%
- Another diagnosis14%
- No Answer/Does Not Apply32%
Have you noticed an increase in overdose deaths in your area?
- Yes32.9%
- No20.32%
- Unknown/No Answer46.77%
When is the ideal time to review ICD-10-CM/PCS code updates?
- September27%
- August16%
- Now42%
- October11%
- Does Not Apply/I don’t know4%
June 22, 2021
Have you memorized ICD-10-CM codes?
Have you memorized ICD-10-CM codes?
- Yes, more than 2025%
- Yes, between 1 and 1943%
- No23%
- Does not apply/Don’t know9%
With the release of the FY22 ICD-10-PCS codes, what have you already checked out?
- Deleted Codes1.98%
- New Codes4.95%
- Guideline updates10.89%
- All of it23.76%
- None/Does Not Apply58.42%
As we begin to talk about the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for FY22: I am looking forward to seeing/hearing:
- DRG Changes3%
- CC/MCC Changes9%
- New Technology items3%
- Changes to the OR designation2%
- Changes to the CC/MCC designation3%
- All of it61%
- None of it3%
- Does not apply16%
How much will Medicare Advantage benefit enhancements help your fiscal bottom line.
- Does not apply15.84%
- Do not know51.49%
- A great deal7.92%
- Somewhat14.85%
- Very little9.9%
April 27, 2021
Has the discussions over the last three weeks inspired you to writing or updating your facility coding guidelines?
Has the discussions over the last three weeks inspired you to writing or updating your facility coding guidelines?
- Yes, started writing our guidelines5%
- Yes, updating our guidelines18%
- No20%
- Not applicable57%
Have you reviewed the items for New Technology Add-On Payment (NTAP) and communicated to the inpatient coders which ones that should be coded for your facility?
- Current (FY 21)24.75%
- Not current (have for FY20 and/or earlier)5.94%
- No23.76%
- Not applicable45.54%
April 13, 2021
How are your facility specific coding guidelines documented?
How are your facility specific coding guidelines documented?
- Written and available for viewing53%
- Verbal5%
- In process9%
- No10%
- Not applicable23%
As you think about Health Information Professionals Week, how will you celebrate?
- Departmental luncheon/meal (Zoom or in person)6%
- Special departmental education1%
- Special departmental activities8%
- More than one of the above activities10%
- No celebration52%
- Not applicable23%
March 23, 2021
Which diagnosis is the topic of your most frequent denial?
Which diagnosis is the topic of your most frequent denial?
- Sepsis50%
- Encephalopathy (Metabolic or Toxic)8%
- Acute Respiratory Failure23%
- Acute Congestive Heart Failure2%
- Other17%
March 16, 2021
When thinking about the Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting, I was surprised about:
When thinking about the Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting, I was surprised about:
- New procedures8%
- Minimal new codes on COVID-1920%
- Changes in the process to expedite ICD codes37%
- Nothing16%
- Other/I don’t care/Not applicable19%
March 9, 2021
What part of the Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting do you feel is the most important?
What part of the Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting do you feel is the most important?
- Diagnosis67%
- Procedure24%
- Neither9%
How will you participate in the Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting?
- I will not watch or listen ever24%
- Watch the recording26%
- Live, but Listen Only41%
- Live and have the ability to comment (Via Zoom)9%
February 2, 2021
Which of these responses characterizes your view on vaccination?
Which of these responses characterizes your view on vaccination?
- Already been vaccinated47.47%
- Scheduled to be vaccinated4.04%
- Will get vaccinated when it is available to me24.24%
- Hesitant to get vaccinated12.12%
- Will not get vaccinated6.06%
- Unsure6.06%
December 8, 2020
Are you going to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when the vaccine becomes available for you?
Are you going to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when the vaccine becomes available for you?
- Yes51.49%
- No17.82%
- Don't Know30.69%
Do you personally know someone (not a famous person) who has died of COVID-19?
- Yes, a family member or close friend16%
- Yes, someone other than a family member or close friend35%
- No49%
How did you attend the Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting:
- Watched via webex12%
- Via phone call to listen2%
- Will watch on demand later37%
- Did not watch/listen and have no plans to do so28%
- What’s Coordination and Maintenance?21%
September 24, 2019
Which clinical criteria does your institution use to diagnose sepsis?
Which clinical criteria does your institution use to diagnose sepsis?
- Sepsis-2 (Infection plus SIRS)18.18%
- Sepsis-3 (Infection plus organ dysfunction)9.09%
- CMS definition (Infection plus SIRS, specific limited organ dysfunction for severe sepsis)25.25%
- Clinician judgment9.09%
- I don’t know21.21%
- Not applicable17.17%
July 16, 2019
Which of these best describes your institution’s experience with clinical validation denials regarding cerebral edema?
Which best describes your institution’s experience with clinical validation denials regarding cerebral edema?
- Seeing them with increasing frequency6.93%
- Occasional denial, but constant frequency7.92%
- Never or rarely see denials regarding cerebral edema9.9%
- Unsure if the frequency is increasing22.77%
- Not privy to denials rate in my institution, so I don’t know35.64%
- Not applicable16.83%
July 24, 2018
Does your CDI team participate in patient rounds?
January 30, 2018
How would you code a patient with ESRD who is 22 weeks pregnant?
September 19, 2017
Which of these educational topics do you feel would benefit you the most?
September 12, 2017
We are exploring which sepsis criteria your facility/institution uses.
August 15, 2017
What is your goal for turnaround time for a CDI query response?
July 11, 2017
Does your institution/facility use scribes?
February 28, 2017
At our hospital we have:
January 24, 2017
Are you experiencing payers denying septic shock claims?
January 10, 2017
What is your overall ICD-10 coding accuracy?
What is your overall ICD-10 coding accuracy?
- 90-100%41.84%
- 80-89%12.24%
- 70-79%2.04%
- 69% or lower0%
- We have not done an assessment since the October 2016 update8.16%
- We have done an assessment but I do not know the results9.18%
- I do not know if we have done an assessment14.29%
- Not Applicable12.24%
November 29, 2016
What have you been experiencing related to your Case Mix Index since the implementation of ICD-10?
What have you been experiencing related to your Case Mix Index since the implementation of ICD-10?
- Overall our CMI has increased15%
- Overall our CMI has decreased8%
- Overall our CMI has remained the same13%
- We have not investigated yet5%
- I do not know30%
- Not Applicable29%
October 25, 2016
Which statement below describes your status with CAC?
October 11, 2016
What is your overall ICD-10 coding accuracy rate one year in?
September 27, 2016
What percent of your claims are downgraded annually by third party payers?
What percentage are you running below your normal coding productivity rate?
- None we are meeting the same rates as we did in ICD-911.81%
- Up to a 10% drop12.24%
- 11 - 20% drop12.66%
- 21 - 30% drop6.33%
- 31 - 40% drop3.8%
- 41 - 50% drop1.69%
- 51% and over1.27%
- I don't know27.43%
- Not Applicable22.78%
April 12, 2016
What is the most common type of ICD-10 coding difficulty you are finding in your organization with your coding staff?
What is the most common type of ICD-10 coding difficulty you are finding in your organization with your coding staff?
- New I-10 diagnosis feature (e.g. combo code increased specificity laterality etc.)8.7%
- New I-10 procedure coding system20.87%
- Lack of physician documentation /specificity for diagnosis codes32.61%
- Lack of physician documentation / specificity for procedure codes8.7%
- Other3.04%
- I don't know7.39%
- Change in I-10 Diagnosis Coding Conventions and Guidelines from I-94.35%
- Not Applicable14.35%
April 5, 2016
If you're experiencing a DRG shift have you begun to implement an action plan to analyze the shift?
If you're experiencing a DRG shift have you begun to implement an action plan to analyze the shift?
- Yes19.76%
- No6.27%
- No not yet17.11%
- I don't know25.78%
- Not Applicable29.4%
- It's not my fault1.69%
