Search results for "Pressure ulcers"
Recent Research
Medication safety assessment, international gout guidelines, statins and intracerebral hemorrhage, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/rr.htm
15 May 2014
Policy experts analyze health care reform
Panel members' views span a wide spectrum of policy and experience.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/health-care-reform.htm
15 May 2014
Perfecting post-acute care
Hospitalists take bigger role in postdischarge decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/post-acute-care.htm
15 Apr 2016
A lesson in serendipity
Sometimes after a hard morning of rounding, I hide in my office and distract myself by reading a tome from the past.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/free/newman.htm
15 Dec 2010
Order the right therapist at the right time
Many hospitalists' requests for consults fail to maximize the potential of therapy to provide high-quality, efficient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/therapy-consults.htm
15 May 2014
Letter from the Editor
Some of this issue's topics include pressure ulcers, arts in the hospital, and undiagnosed bowel disorders.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/lfe.htm
15 Feb 2012
Documenting skin ulcers: The pressure is on
Physicians must carefully identify patients at high risk of developing pressure ulcers and then initiate and document prevention strategies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/coding.htm
15 May 2009
Medicare takes aim at hospital-acquired conditions
Medicare's recent announcement that it will stop paying for some hospital-acquired conditions has hospitals ramping up their quality improvement efforts, and some experts predict that hospitalists are likely to find themselves center stage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/cover-story.htm
15 Nov 2007
coding corner 8 ACP Hospitalist • June 2019 Hierarchical ...
ulcers and the importance of documenting pressure ulcer stages. ... 138 CKD stage 3 0.068 1 code. 157 Pressure ulcer, stage 4 2.112 24 codes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/acph-201906-coding-corner-hccs-explained_t1.pdf
29 May 2019
Crucial coding rules for clinicians
Principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, principal procedure, and present on admission are covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/coding-rules.htm
15 Sep 2016