Clinical Indicators for Coders/CDI The following indicators, when present in physician documentation, laboratory values, or diagnostic reports, support assignment of a Crohns disease diagnosis and may trigger CDI queries for greater specificity: When imaging or operative reports document a fistula, abscess, or bowel obstruction in a patient with known Crohns disease, and the attendings Crohns diagnosis code lacks a complication specifier, query the provider: Does the patients current admission involve Crohns disease with [fistula / abscess / obstruction / rectal bleeding] as a complication of the Crohns, a separate condition, or both? This distinction determines whether to code K50.x13, K50.x14, K50.x12, or K50.x11 vs
Low intake of vitamin B12 affects the digestive tract, and a severe deficiency paralyses the muscle tissue in the lining of the digestive tract, hindering intestinal function
These dietary choices limit natural sources of B12 to animal products, leading to deficiencies in up to 90% of people adhering to these diets
The direct injection into the bloodstream means your body can use the vitamin almost immediately