Search results for "Atrial Fibrillation"
ICD-10-CM specificity: The sky isn't falling
ICD-10-CM documentation requirements will not require much more from physicians than is already needed
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/ICD-10-CM-specificity.htm
15 Aug 2015
Warning on NSAIDs strengthened and new schizophrenia drug approved
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/fda.htm
15 Sep 2015
Cases from Maine Medical Center
Meningoencephalitis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, tophaceous gout, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/brief-case-maine-medical-center.htm
15 Nov 2015
Stroke and TIA
A transient neurologic deficit lasting 24 hours or more, even when imaging studies are unremarkable, is a cerebrovascular accident, not TIA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/coding-stroke-TIA.htm
15 Dec 2015
Sepsis is still confusing
Diagnostic criteria are often misapplied.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/coding-sepsis-confusing-part-1.htm
15 Feb 2016
Armadillo exposure, subsequent encounter
If there is no code for it in ICD-10, there is no way I could have an armadillo-related disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/newman.htm
15 Mar 2016
Opioids and diabetes drugs get revised warnings
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/fda.htm
15 Jun 2016
Recent Research
Bleeding risk score, lower blood pressure targets in cerebral hemorrhage, mobility after discharge, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2016
Discharge meds
A patient's request presents an ethical dilemma.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/newman.htm
15 Oct 2016
Updates on NOTICE, Sepsis-3, and hypertensive crisis
CMS takes action on several recently covered topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/coding-update-NOTICE-Sepsis-3.htm
15 Oct 2016