MEDICAL codingThe 2023 updates to emergency medicine evaluation and manage - ment coding are a significant change in policy that may have un - intended consequences. Importantly, these changes, which place greater emphasis on provider documentation of the complexity of medical decision making, ...
The complexity of cases:Emergency medicine cases can be complex, involving multiple diagnoses, procedures, and treatments. Accurately coding these cases requires a deep understanding of medical terminology and coding rules, which can be challenging for even experienced coders. Lack of complete information...
In January 2023, we implemented changes to the standardized note template to align with the new coding guidelines from the American Medical Association and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The primary outcomes were the length of provider notes and the amount of time spent documenting....
Methods Overall Study Design The Emergency Department Query for Patient-Centered Approaches to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (EQUALITY) study used an exploratory, sequential, mixed-methods design. In the qualitative first phase, in-depth interviews were conducted with a large sample of patients...
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In the year 2017, the number of emergency department visits in the United States is about139 million, as per the report published by the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Thereby, it is the need of an hour to outsource the task of emergency room medical billing to a proficien...
doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.13754 Key Points Question What medical and sociodemographic factors are associated with potentially preventable emergency department (ED) use among people receiving maintenance dialysis? Findings In this cohort study of 4925 adults receiving maintenance dialysis in Alberta, ...
After automatic data extraction and pre-processing, including automatic coding of medical free-text through use of the Unified Medical Language System, seven different machine-learning methods were used to classify the reasons for ED visits into "suicide attempts" versus "other reasons". The ...
Data Quality for Emergency Department BI Dashboard Andy Koronios Jing Gao University of South Australia, Australia Email: andy.koronios@unisa.edu.au; jing.gao@unisa.edu.au Abstract As a powerful BI tool, dashboard is currently on the decision-makers' top concern lists. Many studies have been...
US Department of Health and Human Services; 2021:1-62. 49. De Crescenzo LA, Gabella BA, Johnson J. Interrupted time series design to evaluate ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM coding changes on trends in Colorado emergency department visits related to traumatic brain injury. Inj ...