Pediatric Respiratory Conditions: Concerns for Documentation Integrity - On-Demand

Available ON-DEMAND

Presented on: Thursday, October 13, 2022

Presented by: Daxa Clarke, MD, Amy Sanderson, MD, Lucinda Lo, MD

Respiratory-related illnesses are common among the pediatric and neonatal population. However, the nuanced clinical criteria, treatment, and clinical implications of these various childhood afflictions can prove challenging for CDI specialists. Join three expert physicians steeped in CDI—Amy Sanderson, MD, Lucinda Lo, MD, and Daxa Clarke, MD—to parse out query opportunities and clinical indicators for acute respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory failure, pneumonia, COVID-19, and asthma.

During this webinar, participants will learn how to identify unique pediatric scenarios, the value of capturing these diagnoses for quality-of-care concerns, and how to better engage pediatric physicians through effective documentation review. 

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Describe the difference between ARDS and ARF in the pediatric population
• Identify clinical indicators related to asthma conditions and the importance of capturing these conditions for severity of illness and risk of mortality
• Define pneumonia varieties common in the pediatric population
• Describe factors to engage physicians in clinical documentation related to common pediatric respiratory concerns
• Identify COVID-19-related query opportunities specific to the pediatric population 

Agenda

• Respiratory failure essentials
• Blood gas measurements (ABG and pulse oximetry) versus end tidal carbon dioxide monitoring
• BiPaP/CPAP versus intubation/mechanical ventilation
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)/acute respiratory failure (ARF)
• Treatment and management of respiratory failure
• Coding, documentation, and claim (denials) concerns
• Quality metrics
• Asthma
• Allergic and immunologic origins
• Pharmacologic treatments and management
• Complications of care
• Query aspects
• Bronchiolitis and pneumonia
• Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) versus hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
• Coding and documentation focus areas
• Query opportunities
• Quality concerns
• COVID-19
• COVID-19-related pneumonia
• Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19
• Q&A

Who Should Listen?

• CDI directors and managers
• CDI staff
• HIM/coding directors and managers
• Coding staff
• Revenue integrity directors and managers
• Revenue integrity staff
• Denials and appeals staff CDI staff

Meet the Speakers

Daxa Clarke, MD, is the associate chief medical information officer (ACMIO) and a pediatric hospitalist at Phoenix (Arizona) Children’s Hospital. As the ACMIO, she is involved in projects that leverage IT resources to improve physician workflows, clinical documentation, and patient safety and quality. She has provided education to medical staff on all aspects of CDI, and has led efforts for continuous monitoring for CDI queries using programming logic and data-driven diagnoses. She is a member of the Pediatric Resource Group, a pediatric-focused CDI and utilization management consulting firm, and has previously presented at ACDIS conferences.

Lucinda Lo, MD, is a practicing pediatric hospitalist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She is a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and she is board certified with the American Board of Pediatrics. In her role as physician advisor for CDI and CM, she provides education and feedback to medical staff on CDI topics. She fully participates in utilization management and denial reviews as well as the formulation of associated institutional policy and practice. Lo has presented at past ACDIS conferences, assisted on pediatric-focused white papers, and been featured in ACDIS’ CDI Journal.

 Amy Sanderson, MD, is a pediatric intensivist at Boston Children’s Hospital. She has been the physician advisor for the CDI program since its inception in 2014. She also serves as an assistant professor in anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Sanderson has presented at the ACDIS conference and is a contributing author to the 2017 book Pediatric CDI: Building Blocks for Success.

Continuing Education

ACDIS
This program has been approved for 1 continuing education units towards fulfilling the requirements of the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) certification, offered as a service of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS).

Ability to claim this credit expires on: 10/12/2023

AHIMA
This program has been approved for continuing education unit(s) (CEUs) for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting of Approved CEUs from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program provider.

Ability to claim this credit expires on: 10/12/2023

ANCC
HCPro is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This educational activity for 1 nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro.

Ability to claim this credit expires on: 10/12/2023

NAHRI
This program has been approved for 1 continuing education units towards fulfilling the requirements of the Certification in Healthcare Revenue Integrity (CHRI), offered as a service of the National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity (NAHRI).

Ability to claim this credit expires on: 10/12/2023

Instructions

Webinar system requirements and program materials: 
To fully benefit from the webinar experience, please note you will need a computer equipped with the following:

Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer or Edge, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari, with JavaScript enabled 
Internet: Internet connection (high-speed connection recommended) 
Streaming: Access audio/video streaming from any browser on a computer, mobile, or tablet device

Prior to the webinar, you will receive an email with detailed system requirements, your login information, presentation slides, and other materials that you can print and distribute to all attendees at your location. 

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PLEASE NOTE 
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