ICD: History And Revision
History of the ICD - how far back does it go?
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) was created initially by the United Nations and then used by the World Health Orga Continue Reading...
Advanced Nursing Practice
Advance Nursing Practice
Ignoring symptoms that are clearly indicative of something wrong is a bad idea. The idea becomes even more ill-advise as the symptoms become more and more prominent and/or numerous in nature. While Continue Reading...
Transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used by health organizations globally to track disease incidence and prevalence (WHO, 2012). ICD is also used in some countries to manage healthcare reimbursement and Continue Reading...
Family of International Classifications
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a system of disease classification adopted by World Health Organization members. The ICD, now in its tenth revision, was adopted in 1967. The WHO Nomencla Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Nursing: Case Study Analysis and Care Plan Creation
Client Complaints:
This case study involves a patient with symptoms for the past 24 hours and the patient expresses pain as ten on a scale of one to ten in the past 24-hour howev Continue Reading...
So, they have the best chance of isolating the underlying cause from the non-underlying causes. They are well-versed in the structure and classification of the ICD-9 codes as well and this helps them to better report the mortality.
Another reason i Continue Reading...
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The overall diagnostic and symptomatic patterns described by these points indicate that BPD is a serious disorder and is "...classified as a major personality disorder involving dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior; intense, unstable moods Continue Reading...
Advance Nursing Practice
In order to sustain life, the human body has to have oxygen. When a person cannot breathe, or there is not enough oxygen coming into the body through the act of breathing, it is not possible for life to continue. The respira Continue Reading...
Policy Changes in Healthcare Finance
Healthcare Finance
CPT Codes
The American Medical Association (2013) developed the Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) codes decades ago in the 1960s. The first edition was published in 1966 and over the subse Continue Reading...
Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
Breast cancer is a very common disease, and is the most common type of cancer in women, although it is not unheard of for a man to have breast cancer. About one women in eight (12% of all women) will develop breast cancer Continue Reading...
At one point or another in our lives, we are all beginners. We begin college, a first job, a first love affair, and perhaps a first dissertation project. We bring a great deal to these new situations, including our temperament, previous education, Continue Reading...
Psychopharmocology: Psychotic Disorders
Psychopharmacology: Psychotic disorders
Accepted psychological and biological theories regarding the causes of each disorder
Psychosis is an undefined syndrome that manifests in delusions, bizarre behavior, Continue Reading...
Consultant Pharmacists Impact on the Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia
What is Cholesterol, and Why is it of Concern?
Guidelines for Treating Hypercholesterolemia
Management of Hypercholesterolemia
Management of Hypercholesterolemia By Different Continue Reading...
Regular and Regimented Activity Project for Overweight, Obese and |Diabetic Veterans
The Project Committee or team will be composed of:
The Project Manager who designs and develops the project with the team and oversees all activities leading to it Continue Reading...
capabilities of key medical personnel operating in an austere environment in terms of their performance measures on key indicators, the skill sets that they must possess and the method in which equipment and supplies will be transferred to the locat Continue Reading...
Classic examples of these are relational problems within families, which are missing in DSM-IV-TR. A research team investigated how relational problems are handled in DSM-IV. From its findings, the team recommended the inclusion of relational proble Continue Reading...
A jumped from one work to another which did not last for a week. A week was the most that I could stay in a workplace. I had work in the laundry mat, and various restaurants. But I was either fired, or I went AWOL. I would either fight with my boss Continue Reading...
Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
Does mental illness cause substance abuse addiction or does substance abuse addiction cause a mental illness diagnosis? Does it go both ways?
A complex relationship exists between substance abuse and mental illne Continue Reading...
The children were scored in terms of whether they imitated the action that had been modeled for them as well as for the presence of any "errors" -- the introduction of actions not in the modeled behavior. The results were then subjected to multivari Continue Reading...