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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/PQI13_Retirement_Announcement.pdf
January 01, 2014 - procedures, PQI 13 could inadvertently incentivize the
performance of more procedures, even though clinical … A Report of the American
College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQs_Support/FAQ_QI.aspx
February 01, 2016 - Routine annual updates include yearly International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical … Specifications document for each indicator lists all of the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical … If you have questions about individual cases or general coding guidelines please follow either of these … They provide the official guidelines for coding and reporting using the International Classification … These guidelines have been approved by the four organizations that make up the Cooperating Parties for
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQS_Support/FAQ_QI.aspx
February 01, 2016 - Routine annual updates include yearly International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical … Specifications document for each indicator lists all of the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical … If you have questions about individual cases or general coding guidelines please follow either of these … They provide the official guidelines for coding and reporting using the International Classification … These guidelines have been approved by the four organizations that make up the Cooperating Parties for
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2011/QI_Measure_Development_Implementation_Maintenance_Retirement_Full_5-3-11.pdf
January 01, 2011 - guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or as a basis for reimbursement and coverage
policies … Data collection guidelines. … (ICD-9-CM) coding guidelines, other administrative data
guidelines, and Healthcare Cost and Utilization … The
research team, in conjunction with clinical panel review, adapted the clinical data based
complications … Clinical Classification System for ICD-9-CM.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/News/AHRQ_QI_Standing_Work_Group_Announcement.pdf
March 14, 2016 - Indicators (PSIs), AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), International
Classification of Diseases Clinical … Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and
issues related to the International Classification of Diseases Clinical … quality
measurement
One or more individuals with knowledge of ICD–9–CM and ICD–10– CM coding guidelines … administrative data
• Knowledge of current quality measurement methodologies published in the literature
• Clinical
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2013/C.14.10.D001_REVISED.pdf
January 01, 2013 - evaluate consistency of clinical concepts, and ensure appropriate conversion. … Clinical expertise should be in the care setting represented by the clinical domain for the measure and … may
require specialized knowledge in some clinical areas. … to
the clinical concept used within the current QI technical specification. … expert (in addition to the task leader from UC Davis), who served as a resource to discuss coding
guidelines
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Case_Studies/Johns_Hopkins_Case_Study.pdf
August 01, 2019 - • By implementing clinical improvements and coding changes, The Johns Hopkins Hospital also
achieved … As a result, we
have a strong clinical improvement focus
across the system,” said Renee Demski, Vice … They identified several clinical focus
areas that merited further examination and possible adjustment … duplicative EBL
values from being entered into the
medical record by a different team;
and 3) coding guidelines … improved both the clinical
and documentation opportunities uncovered by the rigorous review conducted
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/downloads/resources/publications/2006/ahrqqi_cvp.doc
January 01, 2006 - Review would address the question of whether cases flagged by the AHRQ PSI did or did not have the clinical … · An In-depth Review would further address the potential preventability of the clinical event. … from experts on how to perform and use chart abstraction for quality improvement (including written guidelines
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2006/EDPerformanceMeasures-ConsensusStatement.pdf
January 01, 2006 - Emergency leaders are increasingly faced with challenges that go beyond the scope of traditional clinical … While others have written about clinical quality measures (Graff 1, Lindsay 2) and indeed many of these … Clinical Operations in Academic Emergency Medicine. … Draft publication guidelines:
the beginning of a concensus project. Qual. Saf. … Concensus publication guidelines: the next step in the science of quality improvement? Qual.
Saf.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/News/AHRQ_QI_Guide_to_Comparative_Reporting_v10.pdf
June 30, 2009 - In other cases, coding practices may have
improved since the original study or coding guidelines may … recently or are planned for major re-
specification resulting from the implementation of new coding guidelines … Supporting Evidence
• Face validity: Guidelines from the American Heart Association and American College … is used, although the American College of Cardiology and the
American Heart Association has issued guidelines … • National coding guidelines for E-codes do not require that a condition be an unexpected
aspect
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2015/AHRQ_Quality_Indicators_Software_Changes_v50.pdf
January 01, 2015 - The ICD-9 guidelines for POA coding do not recognize the value “1” as a valid code for
indicating a … The value “1” in the guidelines specifies a code
that's exempt from POA reporting. … This software follows the ICD-9 guidelines for POA
reporting, which say that “Y” is present on admission … The changes in the software are to bring it in
line with the ICD-9 guidelines for POA reporting.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/2005AHRQQI_Schichilone_Romano_Implications_of_ICD-9-CM_Coding_Rules_for_Measuring_QIs.ppt
January 01, 2005 - ICD-9-CM Coding
Adherence to best practices in coding and compliance with coding guidelines will ensure … diagnoses" is interpreted as additional conditions that affect patient care in terms of requiring:
clinical … pathologic, and other diagnostic results) are not coded and reported unless the physician indicates their clinical … sensitivity in defining condition of interest (e.g., wastebasket codes)
Codes may not keep up with clinical … practices” (continued)
Training
AHIMA Resources and Practice Briefs
Credentialing
Continuing education
Clinical
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2021/AHRQ%20Quality%20Indicators%20Software%20v2021%20ICD-10-CMPCS.pdf
January 01, 2021 - We review changes to the administrative data coding and guidelines. … guidelines or other related measures that we
could learn from. … But, more recently,
the coding guidelines have been pushing for sepsis to be coded first. … But going down to the CCSR, the clinical classification software refine that come out of AHRQ’s
HCUP … And the challenge right now is that there are some upstream challenges on the
guidelines of how male
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Presentations/2005/AHRQQI_McDonald_Davies_Pediatric_Indicator_Module.ppt
January 01, 2005 - indicator validity
Hospital ICD-9-CM coding review
To ensure proper definition (correspondence between clinical … concept and coding practice)
Clinical panel reviews
To refine indicator definition and risk groupings … Identify similar risk strata
Coding consult
Understand coding guidelines for infants with “skin breakdown
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQS_Support/FAQ_Software.aspx
November 02, 2015 - have the advantage of being populated by professional coders that use a common set of practices and guidelines … , which brings some uniformity to the data that may be lacking in clinical data abstracted from medical … Because national guidelines for E-codes do not require that a condition be an unexpected aspect of a … Although several clinical panels have endorsed the concept of the indicator, in practice the types of … The indicators were developed and validated with clinical consultants, expert panels and considerable
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQs_Support/FAQ_Software.aspx
November 02, 2015 - have the advantage of being populated by professional coders that use a common set of practices and guidelines … , which brings some uniformity to the data that may be lacking in clinical data abstracted from medical … Because national guidelines for E-codes do not require that a condition be an unexpected aspect of a … Although several clinical panels have endorsed the concept of the indicator, in practice the types of … The indicators were developed and validated with clinical consultants, expert panels and considerable
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Publications/2012/Appendix_1A_Details_of_literature_review.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Clinical considerations for PQI conditions in HCBS populations
• In addition to general clinical considerations … Impact of poor clinical care on PQI conditions in HCBS populations
Clinical care includes coordination … risk of hospitalization for asthma, after adjusting for asthma severity,
medication use, adherence to guidelines … • One review suggested that current nursing guidelines for in-home detection of
depression in elderly … Poor Clinical Care
• No related review articles.
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQs_Support/FAQ_QI_Overview.aspx
April 20, 2015 - administrators and community health planners use AHRQ QIs to ask questions that provide initial feedback about clinical … generated, you will need to contact the author of that report
Reports on users of the software
Care guidelines
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/FAQS_Support/FAQ_QI_Overview.aspx
April 20, 2015 - administrators and community health planners use AHRQ QIs to ask questions that provide initial feedback about clinical … generated, you will need to contact the author of that report
Reports on users of the software
Care guidelines
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qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Resources/Webinars/2010/Estimated_Risk-Adjustment_Models_Incorporating_Data_on_Present_on_Admission.pdf
January 01, 2010 - predictive power of the
risk-adjustment models3 Medical record abstraction of difficult to obtain key clinical … general approach could be applied to other types of enhanced
administrative data (e.g., laboratory, key clinical … Values for the Present on Admission Data Element
ICD-9-CM Guidelines Description
AHRQ QI
Data Element