Coding Corner: Revisiting Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Services

This article was first published in the May/June/July 2019 issue of Critical Connections . Coding Corner addresses the continuing changes in coding and billing.  Neonatal and pediatric critical care coding guidelines have been modified over the years, but the definitions re...

Coding Corner: Wound Care Coding

This article was first published in the December 2019 issue of Critical Connections. Coding Corner addresses the continuing changes in coding and billing. 

Coding Corner: Central Venous Access Procedures

This article was first published in the August 2018 issue of Critical Connections. Coding Corner addresses the continuing changes in coding and billing. 

Coding Corner: Nonphysician Practitioner Billing

This article was first published in the April 2018 issue of Critical Connections. Coding Corner addresses the continuing changes in coding and billing. 

Coding Corner: 2019 Billing and Coding Changes for Peripherally Inserted Venous Catheters

This article was first published in the February 2019 issue of Critical Connections. Coding Corner addresses the continuing changes in coding and billing. 

Coding Corner: Nonphysician Practitioner Billing

This article was first published in the February 2018 issue of Critical Connections. Coding Corner addresses the continuing changes in coding and billing. 

Coding Corner: Common Confusing Issues When Reporting Critical Care

This article was first published in the December 2018 issue of Critical Connections. Coding Corner addresses the continuing changes in coding and billing.   

Telemedicine Is Medicine, Tele-ICU Is ICU, Tele-healthcare Is Healthcare

Presented during the 48th Critical Care Congress, this session is sponsored by Philips Healthcare. 

Guidelines for TeleICU Operations

The purpose of the Guidelines for TeleICU Operations is to assist practitioners in pursuing a sound course of action to provide effective and safe medical care that is founded on current information, available resources, and patient needs. The guidelines recognize that safe an...

Critical Care Delivery: The Importance of Process and ICU Structure to Improved Outcomes

Summary of the findings of the American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force on Models of Critical Care: 1) An intensivist-led, high-performing, multidisciplinary team dedicated to the ICU is an integral part of effective care delivery; 2) Process improvement is the ba...

ICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Guidelines

ICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Guidelines: A Framework to Enhance Clinical Operations, Development of Institutional Policies, and Further Research aims to update the SCCM Guidelines for ICU ADT and to provide a framework for the development of institutional policies, fur...

SCCM Pod-VCCR3 Activated Charcoal in the Overdose Patient

Sean P. Kane, PharmD, BCPS, speaks with Frank Paloucek, PharmD, DABAT about the use of activated charcoal in the overdose patient.

SCCM Pod-VCCR11 Workup, Management, and Critical Sequelae of Burn Injuries

Richard Iuorio, MD speaks with Laura Johnson, MD, and Jim Reilly, MD, about the workup, management, and critical sequelae of burn injuries.

Diagnosis Related Group Coding and Documentation

This is a complimentary chapter from the textbook: Coding and Billing for Critical Care: A Practice Tool, Seventh Edition (201 7), titled "Diagnosis Related Group Coding and Documentation."   

Overview of Coding Systems

This is a complimentary chapter from the textbook: Coding and Billing for Critical Care: A Practice Tool, Seventh Edition (201 7), titled "Overview of Coding Systems."