value based purchasing, changes for icd-10 and the future of urology robert s. gold, md
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Value Based Value Based Purchasing, Changes for Purchasing, Changes for ICD-10 and the Future of ICD-10 and the Future of
UrologyUrologyRobert S. Gold, MDRobert S. Gold, MD
Medicine Under the Microscope
• Morbidity • Mortality• Cost per patient• Resource utilization• Length of stay• Complications• Outcomes • ARE YOU SAFE –
avoiding harm, avoidable readmissions?
Value-Based Purchasing Program
• Beginning in FY 2013 and continuing annually, CMS will adjust hospital payments under the VBP program based on how well hospitals perform or improve their performance on a set of quality measures. The initial set of 13 measures includes three mortality measures, two AHRQ composite measures, and eight hospital-acquired condition (HAC) measures. The FY 2012 IPPS final rule (available at http://tinyurl.com/6nccdoc) includes a complete list of the 13 measures.
Where Does This Data Come From?
• Documentation leads to identification of diagnoses and procedures
• Recognition of diagnoses and procedures lead to ICD codes – THE TRUE KEY
• ICD codes lead to APR-DRG assignment• APR-DRG assignment massaged to “Severity
Adjustments• Severity adjusted data leads to morbidity and
mortality rates
• Semantics
• Coding guidelines and conventions
• Use of signs, symbols, arrows
• Accuracy and specificity
• Relationship between accuracy and specificity of code assignment and Complexity of Medical Decision Making
World Health Organization and ICD Codes
Is There a Diagnosis?
82 yo WF altered mental status, shaking chills, fevers, decr UO, T = 103, P = 124, R = 34, BP = 70/40 persistent despite 1 L NS, on Dopamine, pO2 = 78 on non-rebreather, pH = 7.18, pCO2 = 105, WBC = 17,500, left shift, BUN = 78, Cr = 5.4, CXR – Right UL infiltrates, start Cefipime, Clinda, Tx to ICU. May have to intubate – full resusc.
Is There a Diagnosis?
Assessment/Plan82 YO F patient presented to ER with:
1. Sepsis,2. Septic Shock, 3. Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure, 4. Acute Renal Failure due to #2, (don’t forget CKD and stage, if present)5. Aspiration Pneumonia,6. Metabolic Encephalopathy
Will transfer to ICU, continue Dopamine and monitor respiratory status for possible ARDS, renal status with hydration and initiate Cefapime/clindamycin for possible aspiration pneumonia
CC time 1hr 45 minutes John Smith MD
So What’s the Difference?Principal Diagnosis Chills and Fever Sepsis
Secondary Diagnoses Altered mental status Septic Shock
Acute Respiratory Failure
Aspiration PneumoniaAcute Renal Failure (or AKI)Respiratory AcidosisMetabolic Encephalopathy
Medicare MS-DRG 864 Fever w/o CC/MCC 871 Septicemia or severe Sepsis w/o MV 96+ hrs w/ MCC
APR-DRG 722 Fever 720 Septicemia & Disseminated infection
APR-DRG Severity Illness 1 – Minor 4 – Extreme
APR-DRG Risk of Mortality
1 – Minor 4 - Extreme
Medicare MS-DRG Rel Wt 0.8153 1.8437
APR DRG Relative Weight 0.3556 2.9772
National Mortality Rate (APR Adjusted)
0.04% 62.02%
What Is An Index?
What Is An Index?
• Mortality index• Complication index• Length of stay index• Cost per patient index
Observed Rate of Some Thing
Severity Adjusted Expected Rate of That Thing
=1
Profiles Come from Severity Adjusted
Statistics
Observed mortalityExpected mortalityFrom severity adjusted DRGs
=1; as good as the next guy
<1; preferred provider – significantly better
>1; excessive mortality; find another provider -
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Respiratory Diseases
Pneumonia
Hosp plus 6 months
COPD
Hosp plus 6 monthsCritical Care
Respiratory Failure
Hosp plus 6 months
Sepsis
Hosp plus 6 monthsCardiac Diseases
Heart Failure
Hosp plus 6 months
Acute MI
Hosp plus 6 monthsCardiac Surgery
CABG
Hosp plus 6 months
Interv Cardiology
Hosp plus 6 months
Heart Valve
Hosp plus 6 monthsSurgery
ORIF Hip Maj Compl
GI Surgery
Hosp plus 6 months
THA Maj Compl
Cholecystectomy Maj C
Patient SafetyWorse than
Better than
Average Average
Death in procedures where mortality is usually very low ●Pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital ●Death following a serious complication after surgery ●Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest ●Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital ●Hip fracture following surgery ●Excessive bruising or bleeding as a consequence of a procedure or surgery ●Electrolyte and fluid imbalance following surgery ●Respiratory failure following surgery ●Deep blood clots in the lungs or legs following surgery ●Bloodstream infection following surgery ●Breakdown of abdominal incision site ●Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during medical care ●
Foreign objects left in body during a surgery or procedure
Average
0 Events
Surgery Bundling Test Model
• Disclosed May 16, 2008• ACE (Acute Care Episode) project• Combine Part B payments with Part A• “Value Based Centers” started with Texas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado• Value based purchasing• 28 cardiac and 9 orthopedic inpatient surgical
services• Gainsharing also permitted here• Based on severity adjusted financial outcomes
Florida Blue and Mayo Clinic Introduce Knee Replacement Bundled Payment Program
Friday, December 14, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Blue and Mayo Clinic jointly announce a new collaboration aimed at providing the utmost in quality care for knee replacement patients in Florida. The two Florida health care leaders are teaming up to create a bundled payment agreement specific to the treatment of knee replacement surgery.
Knee replacement surgery is the most common joint replacement procedure. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, health care professionals perform more than 600,000 knee replacements annually in the United States.
Florida Blue and Holy Cross Create Accountable Care
Arrangement Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Florida Blue,
Florida’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Company, and Holy Cross Physician Partners are pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2013, Holy Cross Physician Partners will participate in the Florida Blue Accountable Care Program.
“Florida Blue is excited to expand our relationship with Holy Cross surrounding this exciting new partnership,” said Dr. Jonathan Gavras, chief medical officer and senior vice president for Florida Blue. “In the age of reform, both organizations realize the importance of moving away from the fee-for-service model to one that focuses on quality outcomes that will benefit our members in South Florida.”
Aetna, Baptist Memorial Health Care Announce
Collaborative Care Agreement
Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:11 pm EDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aetna (NYSE: AET) and Baptist Memorial Health Care today announced a collaborative care agreement to bring a new health care model to Aetna members and introduce Aetna Whole HealthSM, a commercial health care product.
This collaboration will give employers and their workers access to highly coordinated care from physicians and facilities in the Baptist Select Health Alliance. The Baptist Select Health Alliance is a clinically integrated group of physicians focused on tracking outcomes, sharing data and measuring clinical standards to improve quality and efficiency.
In collaborative care models, a group of health care providers delivers more coordinated care for patients to drive better quality and lower overall costs. Through Baptist Memorial Health Care, Aetna members will receive an enhanced level of coordinated care in addition to the member benefits of their current Aetna plan.
Getting Studies Paid ForLaboratory/Radiographic
• Bundled payment modes rely on payment being made for lab or x-ray studies
• Validation of reason for performing any procedure or test depends on Medical Necessity
• Local Medical Review Policies (LMRPs), Local or National Coverage Determinations (LCDs, NCDs)
• Not giving a reason for a test you order (symptom or diagnosis) could result in:– Advance Beneficiary Notification (ABN) saying
patient may have to pay for the test– Somebody bugging you for a reason for the test
Readmissions Initiative
• Identify hospitals with excess readmissions for certain selected conditions beginning in FY 2013 for discharges on or after October 1, 2012.
– Acute myocardial infarction (i.e., heart attack) – Heart failure – Pneumonia
• Definition of readmission: “occurring when a patient is discharged from the applicable hospital and then is admitted to the same or another acute care hospital within a specified time period from the time of discharge from the index hospitalization.” The specified time period would be 30 days.
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Clinical Integration• CMS proposes to pay separately for complex chronic
care management services starting in 2015. • "Specifically, we proposed to pay for non-face-to-face
complex chronic care management services for Medicare beneficiaries who have multiple, significant, chronic conditions (two or more)." Rather than paying based on face-to-face visits, CMS would use "G-codes" to pay for revision of care plans, communication with other treating professionals, and medication management over 90-day periods.
• These code payments would require that beneficiaries have an annual wellness visit, that a single practitioner furnish these services, and that the beneficiary consent to this arrangement over a one-year period.
Patient Safety Indicators
Hospital acquired preventable diagnoses• Hospital falls that lead to patient damage (fractures, etc.) • Mediastinitis post-CABG• Catheter-associated UTIs – Foley, suprapubic
cystostomy, nephrostomy, ureteral stents• Vascular catheter associated infections• Pressure ulcers• Iatrogenic pneumothorax following central line insertion• Object accidentally left in patient• Air embolism• Reaction from blood incompatibility
What Does This Mean?
• Properly identify complication of care when complication – specify when due to a disease
• We don’t want to assign complication codes when not complication– If event due to disease, not a complication– If even doesn’t exist, not a complication
• Don’t use the word “post-op” in the post-op period!
Is an Adverse Event Always a Complication?
• Not at all.• Stuff happens.• Diseases cause adverse effects• Anemia due to blood loss is usually due to the
disease and not to the surgeryState so: anemia of chronic blood loss due
to right renal cell carcinoma; anemia of acute blood loss due to femur fracture
• Adverse effects are easily explained and defended in a patient with more risk factors. If you didn’t name these, you lose.
NOT Acute Respiratory Failure
• Patients being purposely maintained on the ventilator after surgery because of weakness, chronic lung disease, massive trauma are NOT in acute respiratory failure – unless they are
• Patients being purposely maintained on the ventilator after extensive surgery in the face of morbid obesity or COPD are NOT in acute respiratory failure – unless they are.
• Prevention of acute respiratory failure from angioedema, stroke, trauma when patient does NOT HAVE acute respiratory failure when intubated for airway protection
Goals of Implementation – Prove You Are Value Based
• Competitive severity adjusted mortality and morbidity statistics
• Low incidence of HACs• Reasonable occurrence of PSIs• Lower than average Readmissions for
Pneumonia, Heart Failure, AMI• Cooperation with quality initiatives• Decent responses to a new questionnaire on
discharge
Documentation Needs:What’s The Surgery For?
• Provide the diagnosis for which the surgery is being performed
• Tell why it’s necessary for that diagnosis• DON’T just say that the patient is being
admitted for the surgery (Admitted for radical suprapubic prostatectomy)
• DON’T just provide signs and symptoms• Tell the story of the workup that led to
the diagnosis
Documentation Needs:Complexity of Patient
• Name other diseases patient has coming through the door – chronic, stable conditions
• Avoid “Resume home meds” unless you identify each disease being treated
• Permit other physicians to follow serious co-morbidities, but name each at least ONCE, especially in discharge summary
ACS NSQIP Data Collection Overview
The ACS NSQIP collects data on 136 variables, including preoperative risk factors, intraoperative variables, and 30-day postoperative mortality and morbidity outcomes for patients undergoing major surgical procedures in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
Surgical Risk Stratification • NSQIP databases depend on
identification of risk factors
Heart – failure? MI? Lungs – chronic?
Nutrition – over? mal? Diabetes – cont?
Renal status – chr, ac. Malignancy?
Smoking, ETOH? Stroke – residua?
Hepatic fxn – name it Encephalopathy?
Immunocomp – how? Sepsis? Org fail?
Use ster, insul, chemo Periph vasc?
Age Obstructive sleep apnea
Chronic lung disease Impaired sensorium
Cigarette use Surgical site
Congestive heart failure Elective vs emergency
ASA Class of comorbids Prolonged surgery
Functional dependence General anesthesia
Obesity Transfusion > 4 units
Risk Stratification for Pulmonary Complications
Modified NSQIP Data Sheet
WEIGHT/HEIGHT: . WEIGHT (KG) . HEIGHT (Cm) BMI . NUTRITIONAL STATUS (Overnutrition risk) Obese Morbidly obese Obes/hypovent synd Sleep apnea MALNUTRITION (% Body Weight Loss) N Mild (<10% loss) Moderate (10 – 20%) Severe (>20%) HISTORY OF SMOKING: (any tobacco use) N Pack year history _________ Current (within 30 days) _____ PPD FAMILY HX CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE <55: N Y ____________________________ (family members) DIABETES: N Type 1 Type 2 on insulin Other secondary diabetes ____________ DIABETES CONTROL CONTROLLED UNCONTROLLED OTHER ORGAN INVOLVEMENT Neuropathy Nephropathy Vascular disease Ulcers DYSLIPIDEMIA: N Hypercholesterolemia Hypertriglyceridemia KIDNEY DISEASE (STAGE) GFR _______: CKD 1 2 3 4 5 ESRD Acute renal failure DIALYSIS PATIENT: N Y Hemodialysis Peritoneal dialysis STROKE: N Hemorrhagic Ischemic Recent (<2 wks) Remote (> 2 wks) CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE: N Prior carotid surgery Coma TIAs CNS DEFICITS N Quad Parapl Hemipl dom Nondom Nerve damage ___________ FUNCTIONAL HEALTH STATUS Independent ADLs Partially Dependent Totally Dependent INFECTIOUS ENDOCARDITIS: N Mitral Aortic Tricuspid Pulmonic CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE: N COPD Bronchiectasis Emphysema Chronic respiratory failure IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY N Chronic steroids Antiinflammatories Antineoplastics
The Mayo Model ofPreOperative Medical
Evaluation• Initial medical evaluation for risk stratification
– fill out POME• Lab and radiographic studies as indicated – fill
out POME• Consultative visits and tests as needed – fill
out POME• Visit to Anesthesiology with recommendations
and results – fill out preop anesthesia forms• Visit to surgeon with all needed risk factors
complete – complete H&P• Eliminate cancelled surgeries, delays
Was It Present on Admission?
Patient safety indicators may give us a black eye if it’s not documented!
• Ileus from perforated bowel or from peritonitis – was it present on admission?
• DVT in patient from nursing home – was it present on admission?
• Decubitus ulcer – is it an ulcer - was it present on admission?
• Atelectasis in a morbidly obese patient – was it present on admission?
If we don’t document it, we get charged with it!
Change in the Entire System
ICD-9
ICD-10
Notable Changes
• ICD-9 has maximum of 5 digits with rare alphanumeric codes (V-, E-) limiting breakdown for specificity or addition of categories; ICD-10 has three to seven alphanumeric places
• ICD-9: 14,000 codes; ICD-10: 73,000 codes• ICD-9 has no specificity as to which side of the
body (e.g., percent burn on right or left arm or leg, side of paralysis after stroke)
Don’t Wait Till Tomorrow for ICD-10
Example - Integration
ICD-9 – Multiple codes
707.03 – Chronic skin ulcer, lower back
707.21 – Pressure ulcer, stage I
No code for which side
ICD-10 – Single code
L89.131 – Pressure ulcer right lower back, stage I
(stages II, III, IV, unspecified have 6th digits 2, 3, 4, 9)
Example Specificity - Location
M67.4 Ganglion– M67.41 shoulder
• M67.411, right• M67.412, left• M67.419, unspecified
– M67.42 elbow– M67.43 wrist– M67.44 hand– M67.45 hip– M67.46 knee– M67.47 ankle and foot
Sixth digits
1 – right
2 – left
9 - unspecified
How Close Are We?
Anesthesiology 87% Ophthalmology 69%Cardiology 65% Orthopedic 73%Dermatology 86% Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) 74%Emergency Medicine 71% Pathology 75%Endocrinology 63% Pediatrics 53%Family Practice 68% Plastic Surgery 98%Gastroenterology 48% PMR 65%General Surgery 86% Primary Care 63%Hospital Medicine 73% Psychiatry 61%Infectious Disease 78% Psychology 81%Internal Medicine 58% Pulmonary 56%Nephrology 64% Rheumatology 71%Neurology 70% Sleep Medicine 68%Neurosurgery 75% Urgent Care 56%Obstetrics & Gynecology 84% Urology 80%Oncology 63% Overall 63%
AAPC AUDIT RESULTSData compiled from results of 20,000 medical charts audited the First half of 2013
% Documentation Sufficient to Transition To ICD-10CLIENT SERVICES
Specificity is NOT Always Possible
Sign/Symptom/Unspecified CodesIn both ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM, sign/symptom and “unspecified” codes have
acceptable, even necessary, uses. While specific diagnosis codes should be reported when they are supported by the available medical record documentation and clinical knowledge of the patient’s health condition, there are instances when signs/symptoms or unspecified codes are the best choices for accurately reflecting the healthcare encounter.
Each healthcare encounter should be coded to the level of certainty known for that encounter.
If a definitive diagnosis has not been established by the end of the encounter, it is appropriate to report codes for sign(s) and/or symptom(s) in lieu of a definitive diagnosis.
When sufficient clinical information isn’t known or available about a particular health condition to assign a more specific code, it is acceptable to report the appropriate “unspecified” code (e.g., a diagnosis of pneumonia has been determined, but not the specific type).
In fact, unspecified codes should be reported when they are the codes that most accurately reflects what is known about the patient’s condition at the time of that particular encounter. It would be inappropriate to select a specific code that is not supported by the medical record documentation or conduct medically unnecessary diagnostic testing in order to determine a more specific code.
Source: Cooperating Parties for ICD-10-CM/PCS and ICD-9-CM Coding, May 2013.
Renal Malignancies ICD-9
189.0 Kidney, except pelvis (Includes Wilms tumor, renal cell carcinoma, urothelial cell ca)
189.1 Renal pelvis189.2 Ureter189.3 Urethra189.4 Paraurethral glands189.8 Other specified sites of urinary organsMalignant neoplasm of contiguous or
overlapping sites of kidney and other urinary organs whose point of origin cannot be determined
189.9 Urinary organ, site unspecified
Renal Malignancies ICD-10
C64.1 Malignant neoplasm of right kidney, except renal pelvis (includes all cell types)
C64.2 Malignant neoplasm of left kidney, except renal pelvis (includes all cell types)
C64.9 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified kidney, except renal pelvis (includes all cell types)
C65 Malignant neoplasm of renal pelvisC65.1 Malignant neoplasm of right renal pelvisC65.2 Malignant neoplasm of left renal pelvisC65.9 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified renal pelvis
C66Malignant neoplasm of ureterC66.1 Malignant neoplasm of right ureterC66.2 Malignant neoplasm of left ureterC66.9 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified
Similarities and Differences
• Now identify right or left kidney, pelvis, ureter
• Same differentiation by part of renal system
• No breakdown as to cell types
• Do we need this?– Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)– Renal cell carcinoma– Urothelial cell carcinoma
Mets to Bone
ICD-9
198.5 Bone and bone marrow
ICD-10
C79.51 Bone
C79.52 Bone marrow
Stones in 9 and 10
592.0 Calculus of kidneyNephrolithiasis NOSRenal calculus or stoneStaghorn calculusStone in kidneyExcludes: uric acid
nephrolithiasis (274.11)592.1 Calculus of ureterUreteric stoneUreterolithiasis592.9 Urinary calculus,
unspecified
N20.0 Calculus of kidneyNephrolithiasis NOSRenal calculusRenal stoneStaghorn calculusStone in kidneyN20.1 Calculus of ureterUreteric stoneN20.2 Calculus of kidney
with calculus of ureterN20.9 Urinary calculus,
unspecified
Benign Prostatic Disease – ICD-9
600.0 Hypertrophy (benign) of prostate600.00 Hypertrophy (benign) of prostate without urinary obstruction and other lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)600.01 Hypertrophy (benign) of prostate with urinary obstruction and other lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)
600.1 Nodular prostate600.10 Nodular prostate without obstruction600.11 Nodular prostate with urinary obstruction
600.2 Benign localized hyperplasia prostate600.20 Benign localized hyperplasia of prostate without urinary obstruction and other lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)600.21 Benign localized hyperplasia of prostate with urinary obstruction and other lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)
600.3 Cyst of prostate
Use additional code to identify symptoms:incomplete bladder emptying (788.21)nocturia (788.43)straining on urination (788.65)urinary frequency (788.41)urinary hesitancy (788.64)urinary incontinence (788.30-788.39)urinary obstruction (599.69)urinary retention (788.20)urinary urgency (788.63)weak urinary stream (788.62)
Benign Prostatic Disease ICD-10
N40.0 Enlarged prostate without lower urinary tract symptoms
N40.1 Enlarged prostate with lower urinary tract symptoms
N40.2 Nodular prostate without lower urinary tract symptoms
N40.3 Nodular prostate with lower urinary tract symptoms
No code for benign localized hyperplasia prostate
N42.83 Cyst of prostate
Use additional code for associated symptoms, when specified:incomplete bladder emptying (R39.14)nocturia (R35.1)straining on urination (R39.16)urinary frequency (R35.0)urinary hesitancy (R39.11)urinary incontinence (N39.4-)urinary obstruction (N13.8)urinary retention (R33.8)urinary urgency (R39.15)weak urinary stream (R39.12)
Adhesions
• Specify in females if due to pelvic inflammatory diseases or post uterine or adnexal surgery
• General adhesions, male or female, due to other than diseases of the female pelvic organs are assigned the same code
• Distinguish with or without obstruction
Endocrine Complications or Metabolic Disorders After
Endocrine Surgery or Other Surgery
• Postop hypoadrenalism, hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, hypopituitrism, ovarian failure (symptomatic or asymptomatic)
• Specify when these are desired outcomes of (integral to) the surgery performed
• Identify accidental puncture or laceration and hematoma or hemorrhage in renal, adrenal surgeries
Nephritis
• Identify cause (disease) and if hereditary
• Identify when acute– Identify when rapidly progressive– With or without persistent hematuria
• Identify when chronic– Identify when with nephrotic syndrome
Nephritic Syndrome (acute)1. Hematuria2. Oliguria3. Azotemia4. Hypertension
Nephrotic Syndrome (chronic)1. Massive proteinuria2. Hypoalbuminemia3. Edema4. Hyperlipidemia/hyperlipiduria
Cystitis
• Provide specificity– Acute cystitis– Interstitial cystitis– Trigonitis– Radiation cystitis
• Specify if with or without hematuria and microscopic or gross hematuria
Urethral Stricture
• Identify cause– Posttraumatic– Postinfectious– Other
• Identify sex of patient – in female, if due to childbirth
• Identify part of urethra involved as appropriate– Meatus– Bulbous urethra
Urinary Incontinence
• Stress incontinence• Urge incontinence• Incontinence without sensory awareness• Post-void dribbling• Nocturnal enuresis• Continuous leakage• Mixed incontinence (stress and urge)
GU Surgery Complications
• Urethral stricture• Vaginal adhesions, prolapse• Postop pelvic adhesions from pelvic
surgery• Complications of cystostomy, other
external or internal stoma of urinary tract (hemorrhage, infection, malfunction)
• Hemorrhage, hematoma, accidental puncture or laceration in genitourinary surgery–specify if identified during or after surgery
KDIGO Kidney Disease Improving Global
Outcomes
Stage GFR Description Treatment stage
1 90+ Normal kidney function but urine or other abnormalities point to kidney disease
Observation, control of blood pressure
2 60-89 Mildly reduced kidney function, urine or other abnormalities point to kidney disease
Blood pressure control, monitoring, find out why.
3 30-59 Moderately reduced kidney function
More of the above, and probably diagnosis, if not already made.
4 15-29 Severely reduced kidney function
Planning for endstage renal failure.
5 14 or less
Very severe, or endstage kidney failure (established renal failure)
See treatment choices for endstage renal failure.
AKI or ARF Insufficiency is NOT a synonym
Stg Serum creatinine criteria Urine output criteria
1 Increase in serum creatinine of more than or equal to 0.3 mg/dl or increase to more than or equal to 150% to 200% from baseline
Less than 0.5 ml/kg per hour for more than 6 hours
2 Increase in serum creatinine to more than 200 – 300% from baseline
Less than 0.5 ml/kg per hour for more than 12 hours
3 Increase in serum creatinine to more than 300% from baseline or serum creatinine of more than or equal to 4.0 mg/dl with an acute increase of at least 0l5 mg/dl
Less than 0.3 ml/kg per hour for 24 hours or anuria for 12 hours
Caveat
• The writings of the AKIN state that, in cases of dehydration (and dehydration is still, truly the number one cause of acute renal failure in the US), it is imperative to NOT CALL changes in creatinine AKI until the patient has been volume repleted for at least six hours. If creatinine bump persists after fluid resuscitation, there was likely AKI. If not, there was NOT AKI.
• “Acute kidney injury should be both abrupt (within 1–7 days) and sustained (more than 24 hours).”
Respiratory Failure in ICD-10
• Document acute or chronic or both
• Specify if hypoxemic or hypercapnic respiratory failure for either acute or chronic
• Without specificity,
defaults to unspecified,
with least severity
Diabetes
• Juvenile (IDDM) –Type 1 diabetes occurs in a state of insulin deficiency resulting from pancreatic beta cell destruction
• Adult (NIDDM) – Type 2 diabetes results from increased resistance to the effects of insulin. These patients may require insulin for control.
Diabetes
• Identify type 1, type 2, due to other secondary cause, gestational
• In type 2 or secondary cause, identify when using insulin long term
• Identify all body systems affected by the diabetes (neuropathy and its manifestation, retinopathy and proliferative or nonproliferative, nephropathy and stage of CKD, dermopathy, vasculopathy, periodontopathy)
• Identify all manifestations (ulcer, coma, gangrene, osteomyelitis, etc.)
Hypertension – ICD-10
Essential hypertension (I10) – includes high blood pressure, hypertension, malignant hypertension, accelerated hypertension, benign hypertension
Secondary hypertension (I15)– I15.0 – renovascular– I15.1 – hypertension secondary to other renal
disorders– I15.2 – hypertension secondary to endocrine
disorders (carcinoid, pheochromocytoma, etc.)– I15.8 – other secondary hypertension– I15.9 – secondary hypertension, unspecified
Hypertension – ICD-10
Hypertensive heart disease - I11
• I11.0 - with heart failure
• I11.9 - without heart failure
Hypertensive kidney disease - I12
• I12.0 - with stage 5 CKD or ESRD
• I12.9 - with CKD stages 1–4
N18.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 for CKD stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ESRD, unspecified
Nutritional Status
• Malnutrition – dietary consult or estimate– Mild (<10% loss)– Moderate (10-20% loss)– Severe (>20% weight loss)
• Consider the acute malnutrition of surgery, trauma and sepsis
• Morbid obesity and all of its manifestations and risks for surgery and anesthesia
– GER - Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome - Hypertension– Sleep apnea - Secondary hypercoagulable state - Diabetes with …– Cellulitis - Hypertensive heart disease - Chronic cor pulmonale
Primary and Metastatic Cancer
• Tell where the primary is (was) and if it was previously removed or treated and treatment is over or currently under treatment
• State where the metastatic sites are and if they (any) are symptomatic and if they are currently under treatment
• State if new site is found and if it led to the symptoms that required admission – ALWAYS LINK SYMPTOMS TO THE CANCER, when you can
The Future Must Be Started Now
ICD-9-CM995.91 Sepsis (SIRS due
to infection without organ dysfunction
995.92 Severe sepsis (SIRS due to infection with organ dysfunction
995.93 SIRS due to noninfection without organ dysfunction
995.94 SIRS due to noninfection with organ dysfunction
ICD-10-CM*****
R65.20 Severe sepsis without septic shock
R65.21 Severe sepsis with septic shock
R65.10 SIRS due to noninfection without organ dysfunction
R65.11 SIRS due to noninfection with organ dysfunction
Conditions Related to …
Sepsis due to:
UTI
Pneumonia
Cholangitis
Decubitus
Osteomyelitis
Infected dialysis cath
Subphrenic abscess
All are infections!
SIRS due to:
Hemorrh pancreatitis
Burns (not infected)
Pulmonary embolism (clot, fat, amniotic fluid)
Multiple trauma
Allergy
None are infections!
Severe Sepsis
Sepsis with distant organ failure:– Acute renal failure (due to sepsis)– ARDS or acute respiratory failure– Acute hepatic failure (due to sepsis)– Encephalopathy (metabolic – due to sepsis)– DIC (Disseminated intravascular
coagulopathy)– Critical care myopathy– Circulatory system failure – inability to
maintain a blood pressure to perfuse vital organs – CALLED SEPTIC SHOCK
What We Are SeeingBAD
ARI
CHF
CRF
NaHb – 6.8
BPMODS
Transaminitis
NEEDEDAcute renal failureChronic systolic failureCKD stage 3HyponatremiaAnemia – cause?Shock – cause?The names of the
failed organsAcute liver failure
Anemiaand Complexity of Medical Decision Making
Non Specific
Anemia
SpecificAnemia DUE TO chronic renal
failureAnemia DUE TO chronic blood
loss from a fungating cecal lesion
Anemia DUE TO acute blood loss from a hip fracture
Anemia DUE TO chronic osteo/hepatitis
Anemia DUE TO antineoplastics
Encephalopathies
• Metabolic encephalopathy G93.41– Includes due to sepsis, hyper and
hyponatremia, uremic encephalopathy– Hepatic encephalopathy K72
• Toxic encephalopathy G92– Lead encephalopathy, bromidism– Polypharmacy over prolonged periods
leading to CNS damage
Encephalopathies • Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
– P91.61 mild, P91.62 moderate, P91.63 severe
• Other encephalopathy G93.49– Lyme encephalopathy + A69.21 Lyme
disease– Wiernicke’s nutritional encephalopathy
E51.2– Alcoholic (Wiernicke-Korsakoff psychosis)
F10.26– Hypertensive encephalopathy I67.4
Post-Op Progress Notes
• We were all taught to examine certain parts of the body on every post-op visit.
• No matter how many times you did it, if you don’t document it, YOU DIDN’T DO IT.
• VS, labs, I&O, mental status, chest, belly, legs, wound, ambulation, bowel activity – every visit.
Post-Op Progress Notes
Prosecuting attorneys LOVE:
6/17 Doing well
6/18 No new problems
6/19 Events of last night noted
6/20 Called to see patient in full code. Pronounced dead at 17:15.
Handling the Problem List
It’s an Epic Task
Is the EHR a Friend or Foe?
• State that the programs are ready for ICD-9, ICD-10 and SnoMED
• State that they provide “meaningful use”
• State that they aid with “pick lists”
• State that they help with “problem lists”
• State that they help with physician professional billing because you can cut and paste
Example Changes in Epic to Support ICD-10
• Diagnosis Calculator– For providers who directly enter diagnoses
(encounter diagnoses, charge capture, order-association), guides users to more specific code by prompting for laterality, acuity, etc.
• Updating Documentation Tools– To facilitate documentation of needed detail for
the coders– Epic builders will work with you to update
SmartTexts, SmartPhrases, Note templates, etc.
Questions: Contact Dr. Jason Lyman, ICD-10 Physician Champion, [email protected]
Progress Note Management
• Copy and paste of massive amounts of trash leads to – useless notes, – inability of others to determine what is
wrong with the patient NOW – inability to validate that ANYTHING YOU
DID WAS EFFECTIVE! And– inability to assign ICD codes – what was
ruled out what was ruled in
Beware of cloned documentation
RACs and other auditors are on the lookout for cloned documentation, often a problem in teaching hospitals and large academic medical centers. "Auditors look for instances when the attending physician cuts and pastes from the resident's note into his own," says Nguyen.
CMS requires documentation of each encounter so that the note stands on its own and represents the actual services provided by the attending physician for each date of service or encounter. Data, including vital signs, may not be copied from one visit to the next. CMS states that note cloning raises concerns about the medical necessity of continued hospitalization.
• The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Department of Justice have promised to come down hard on providers who misuse electronic health records to financially game the healthcare system.
• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder warned that law enforcement agencies are keeping an eye out for fraud and "will take action where warranted," in a letter sent to the American Hospital Association, Association of Academic Health Centers, Association of American Medical Colleges and others
• Sebelius and Holder point to potential cloning of medical records as one of several indications that fraud could be on the rise. Medicare administrative contractor National Government Services earlier this month issued a notice, stating that cloned documents from EHRs mostly likely would result in payment denials.
Progress Note Needs
• What was the problem that brought the patient to your attention (one to two sentences)
• What did you see today? Labs, x-rays, physical findings, consults, other tests
• What are the diagnoses?• What has changed? Worse? Better?
More specific? Ruled in or ruled out?• What are you going to do today?
Three Major Sections
Active diseases, decompensated for which inpatient care required – update as issues resolve
Chronic stable conditions that are currently under treatment
Past Medical Historical conditions, not currently affecting health status nor being treated (appy age 12, s/p hysterectomy, Gr3/Para3, left hip replaced)
Paint the picture of Paint the picture of the patient properly the patient properly
with WORDSwith WORDS
So the coder can paint the same picture with codes.
What you want…
what you might get.
may notbe…
Motto For The AgeMotto For The Age
“If you don’t look good, we don’t look good” Vidal
sassoon, ca 1985Father of modern medical economics
Questions and Answers
Your Ideas and Comments
Question #1 – Which is True?
A. ICD-10 shows a totally different appreciation of diseases than ICD-9
B. ICD-10 codes are exact walkovers from the ICD-9 codes – they just look different
C. ICD-10 codes may look different but the diseases didn’t change – proper documentation will lead to proper code assignment
D. ICD-10 codes are different from ICD-9 only by adding the differentiation of Right vs Left
Question #2 – Which is False?
A. Value of purchasing of healthcare is dependent on data streams derived from ICD codes
B. Specific documentation of diseases in ICD-9 will be all that is necessary for specific code assignments in ICD-10
C. Bundled payments for healthcare will lead to cooperation between practitioners and facilities
D. We are the only country in the world billing for healthcare by ICD codes