Meeting
Abstract Number: 253
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Many hospitalized adults arrive with pre-existing malnutrition, which is associated with high risk of adverse outcomes. As such, malnutrition is a common variable in cost and quality risk adjustment models based on hospital discharge diagnosis codes. Hospital dietitians assess patients for malnutrition and generally document the details of their evaluations. However, coding professionals cannot […]
Abstract Number: 367
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Malnutrition is a significant indicator for illness severity and expected mortality. Prior to any process improvement interventions in 2014, only 4.7% of UNMH inpatients were diagnosed with malnutrition at discharge, much lower than the published national inpatient prevalence of 20-50%. Given the relatively high level of poverty in NM, we believe these lower rates […]