Welcome to the Winter 2024 Edition of Sepsis Chatter! Our newest video presentation is titled: Sepsis Chatter-A Review of Abstraction Challenges Part II. This presentation encompasses abstraction guidelines and their specific additional instructions for two data elements that have generated in depth interpretation discussions over the past few months. The following sub-topics will be covered in detail: Each of the covered topics will include specific abstraction…
Oncology Coding Break – Grade Coding Updates
The February 2024 Registry Partners Oncology Coding Break presents the topic of grade coding updates. The grade manual coding instructions are reviewed beginning with autopsy grading that has been added to the manual. The findings from the autopsy direct the ODS-C to the correct grade time frame (clinical, post-therapy clinical, pathological, and post therapy pathological) and we cannot assume autopsy grade should be assigned to pathological…
Assessing Registry Health to Optimize Performance
Patient registries are very much like human beings and we strive for them to be “healthy.” Like watching a child grow from infancy to adulthood, a registry’s size (volume), knowledge base, interaction, and impact to the organization grow and evolve throughout its life cycle. Humans hope to fulfill a purpose in life and hospitals invest in patient registries with goals for registry participation. Even registries that…
The CCRA Record Interviews RP’s Very Own, Ming Chu!
Each year, the National Cancer Registrars Association holds an annual educational conference for the cancer registry community. This is an excellent opportunity not only for professional development but also for networking and meeting colleagues across the U.S. This past May, previous Oncology Intern, Ming Chu, was selected to attend the NCRA Annual Conference. While networking at the Registry Partners booth, Ming met Patrick Lewis, President of…