ICD-10 Documentation Strategies to Support Severity of Illness: Ensure an Accurate Professional Profile, Third Edition

by HCPro Inc., Robert S. Gold

Sold in packages of 25 copies! Written by well-known physician educator Robert S. Gold, MD, this handbook explains the specific documentation details physicians need to express severity of illness and complexity of decision-making for 34 of the most troubling conditions in documentation today. It explains specific diagnosis-related issues, relieving physicians of much of the rework associated with utilization review, case management, and HIM/medical records concerns. The third edition has been updated to help physicians understand the documentation rules for ICD-10. Table of Introduction
Chapter 1: Acute Myocardial Infarction
Chapter 2: Adverse Effects of Medications
Chapter 3: Alcohol and Substance Use and Abuse
Chapter 4: Anemia
Chapter 5: Atrial Fibrillation, Flutter
Chapter 6: Chest Pain and Angina
Chapter 7: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 8: Comfort Measures Only
Chapter 9: Comorbidities or Comorbid Conditions
Chapter 10: Postoperative
Chapter 11: Cor Acute Due to Massive Pulmonary Embolism
Chapter 12: Coronary Artery Disease Debridement
Chapter 13: Dementia, Delirium, and Encephalopathy
Chapter 14: Fractures
Chapter 15: Gastrointestinal Bleed
Chapter 16: Heart Failure
Chapter 17: Hyperglycemia Hypertension
Chapter 18: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chapter 19: Low Anterior Resection Malignancies
Chapter 20: Malnutrition
Chapter 21: Obesity
Chapter 22: Peripheral Vascular Disease
Chapter 23: Pneumonia
Chapter 24: Pulmonary Edema Renal Failure
Chapter 25: Respiratory Failure Seizures
Chapter 26: Sepsis
Chapter 27: Stroke or Cerebrovascular
Chapter 28: Accident
Chapter 28: Symptoms
Chapter 29: Syncope
Chapter 30: Trauma
Summary What's This handbook explains the specific documentation details physicians will need to express severity of illness and complexity of decision-making under ICD-10.

112 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published December 11, 2013