Search results for "Syncope"
Parkinson's disease
Accurate coding of Parkinson's disease requires documentation of the cause and any associated dementia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/coding-corner-parkinsons-disease.htm
15 Aug 2019
Duty hours, infective endocarditis
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2019
MKSAP quiz on atrial fibrillation
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/mksap-quiz-on-atrial-fibrillation.htm
15 Aug 2019
New drug approval for HAP and VAP
Details on the latest alerts, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/fda-update-new-drug-approval-for-hap-and-vap.htm
15 Aug 2019
PE rarely found in patients presenting to ED with syncope
A new international study found that pulmonary embolism (PE) was detected at presentation in fewer than 2% of stable syncope patients seen in the ED, and during two-year follow-up, it occurred in fewer than 1%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/07/1.htm
7 Aug 2019
coding corner 8 ACP Hospitalist • August 2019 Parkinson’s ...
Parkinson’s with neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (Shy-Drager syndrome) is assigned code G90.3 without any other code for Parkinson’s. ... With neurogenic orthostatic hypotension. G90.3 CC. With Huntington’s disease. G10 CC.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/acph-201908-coding-corner-parkinsons-disease_t1.pdf
5 Aug 2019
MKSAP quiz on hepatology
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) about the liver.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/mksap-quiz-on-hepatology.htm
15 Jun 2019
Tool for PE, heart failure drugs
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2019
The ABCs of DRGs
Learn about the history and significance of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/coding-corner-the-abcs-of-drgs.htm
15 May 2019
CODING CORNER May 2019 • ACP Hospitalist 5 Diagnosis-related ...
For example, DRG 189 (respiratory failure) has a relative weight of 1.2353 and DRG 312 (syncope) is 0.8015.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/acph-201905-coding-corner-the-abcs-of-drgs_t1.pdf
27 Apr 2019