Search results for "COPD"
Test Yourself: Sleep disorders
Sleep disorders.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/test.htm
15 Dec 2008
Billing and coding
Specific documentation helps optimize payments for heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2009
Recalls for arrhythmia drug, infusion pumps, defibrillators
Drug recalls, warnings, approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/fda.htm
15 May 2009
acp-hosp0910:acp-hosp0910
190 COPD with major $7,166 $6,605 $561.00complication/comorbidity. 239 Amputation for circulatory $24,777 $25,966 $1,189.00system disorder except upper limb and toe with major
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/acph-200910-coding_t1.pdf
29 Sep 2009
acp-hosp0911:acp-hosp0911
setup that produce the num-bers. Frequently, the physicianmust base his or her estimate ofthe true blood pressure on clini-cal judgment, and not rely soheavily on the numbers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/acph-200911-tech3.pdf
29 Oct 2009
acp-hosp0912sup:acp-hosp0805sup
surgi-cal conditions, independent of its underlying cause.1–11Hyperglycemia can occur in patients with known or undiagnoseddiabetes or can result from acute illness or stressful condi-tions.12,13 This ... Among the 1548 patients from this single surgi-cal ICU, the mortality rate was 8.0% for the conventional groupand 4.6% for the intensive treatment group (only among patientswho stayed
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/acph-200912-hyperglycemia.pdf
23 Nov 2009
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about warfarin use in elderly AF patients, ticagrelor vs. clopidogrel in ACS patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/jw.htm
15 Dec 2009
Documenting adverse drug reactions and poisonings
Adverse effects of a correctly administered drug or drugs must be coded and reported differently than the misuse of a drug, which is classified as “poisoning” in ICD-9-CM coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2010
Major recall of Tylenol and other McNeil products; concerns about BPA in infants, kids
Drug recalls, warnings, approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/fda.htm
15 Mar 2010
1996 guidelines better than 2005 set for ICU patients with potentially resistant microorganisms
Boxed warning added for hematology drug
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/17/4.htm
17 Mar 2010