Acute and Chronic Renal Failure Documentation

AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND

Sponsored by ACDIS

Presented on Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Talk to the experts about acute and chronic renal failure.

Documentation improvement staff sometimes have difficulty with physician vague and overlapping terminology when referring to different levels of acute renal dysfunction—all of which may lead to inappropriate code assignment and compliance risks.

During this 90-minute audio conference, experts Dr. William Haik and Dr. Garry Huff will address acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease (CKD). They will discuss documentation challenges and provide querying strategies to help ensure coding success.

They will also take participant calls during the question and answer session that follows the presentation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:

• Explain the various terms associated with vague physician terminology of “acute renal dysfunction”
• Define the different stages of acute kidney injury
• Recognize the appropriate stage of CKD
• Describe complications associated with CKD
• Identify principal diagnosis in CKD admissions
• Formulate a compliant, effective query

TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA

1. Acute kidney injury/failure
   1. Definitions, such as azotemia, acute renal insufficiency, acute kidney injury, and acute renal failure
   2. Timeline of acute kidney injury/failure
   3. RIFLE classification
   4. AKIN classification
   5. Stages of acute kidney injury/failure
   6. Proposed updates to ICD-9-CM
   7. Current controversies
2. Chronic kidney disease
   1. Current definitions
   2. Stages of CKD
   3. Pathophysiology
   4. Recognition of correct principal diagnosis
   5. Associated CCs/MCCs
   6. Other clinically reasonable choices
   7. Querying for stages/complications
3. Live Q&A

MEET THE SPEAKERS

William E. Haik, MD, has practiced medicine in Fort Walton Beach, FL, since 1980 and is the director of DRG Review, Inc. He served on the American Hospital Association's Editorial Advisory Board and Expert Advisory Panel of Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM. He is a founding member of the ACDIS Advisory Board and participated in the preparation of the original American Health Information Management Association Certified Coding Specialist examinations.

Garry L. Huff, MD, CCS, has been involved with inpatient coding issues since 1988. He has served as the government liaison for the American College of Physicians on the Editorial Advisory Board for Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM and later was a member of AHA's Coding Advisory Panel. He is an active member of the AOA, an honorary scholastic medical society.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Coders and their managers/directors, CDI specialists, case managers/utilization review, physician advisors, compliance officers, nurse practitioners, mid-level providers, physician and physician assistants

PROGRAM MATERIALS

You will receive a sample query form for chronic kidney disease.

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

In addition to the regular participation options for HCPro audio conferences—live, CD, or combination packages—we are pleased to offer another option, audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player.

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