Is there any way to tell the difference between these two terms? I don't really understand what they mean other than *inter*ventricular would mean occuring between the 2 ventricles and *intra*ventricular occuring within one ventricle. Right?? I am doing a cardiology report right now and really can't distinguish the difference. The doctor gives some terms regarding what's going on like long Q-T and left atrial enlargement. Can someone point me to a site that explains this in great, ...
Is anyone else having problems with F5 today in Docuscribe to get to Documanage. I am having at least a 1-minute delay before it goes to Documanage to look up Client Profiles. I need to know if this is a problem on my end or on their end. I cannot waste this kind of time looking up information. It is probably just one more way for them to slow us down. ...
Congress to Vote on ICD-10 Delay Tomorrow, AHIMA Calls for Action to Stop Bill Today
A new bill has been quietly introduced into the US House and Senate that features a section calling for the delay ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation until 2015.
The bill, which would adjust the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and amend the Social Security Act to extend Medicare payments to physicians and change other provisions of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, also includes a seven line section that would delay ...
Open Letter from CEO: ICD-10 Delay
April 3, 2014
Thank you for your commitment to your profession and all you do to help AAPC advance the business of healthcare. I write to you as a follow up to the email we sent Monday night regarding Senate passage of HR 4302 and the delay in ICD-10. President Obama signed the bill into law Tuesday morning, officially shifting the deadline for ICD-10 compliance from October 1, 2014 to no earlier than October 1, 2015.
AAPC remains dedicated to helping the in ...
This plan was touted as easy, transparent. Where are our lines, Nuance? Some of us have mouths to feed and utilities to pay and we need to be able to decide early on if the kids go hungry or the lights get shut off. I know you can't imagine this, but it's real for many of us. Why the delay in uploading lines? Hopefully, you've increased your HR staff in anticipation of the inquiries sure to come in explaining the easy, transparent formula once you do hit the submit button. ...
I'm going completely blank on this one. The patient entered the hospital for chest pain. The doc states: (blank sounds like gel, or jail)
He denies any current discomfort but states when it is present it is usually a mild to moderate degree of pressure about the chest. He denies any radiation to the _____, arms, or back. ...
It s/l red pleural but could be one word together. Does this make sense?
"Abdominal CT only demonstrated a large calcium red pleural collection again consistent with her history of tuberculosis."
Thanks! ...
This sentence is under the abdominal exam section..."...no lipoatrophy or subcutaneous hemorrhage. Abdominal (s/l asphia) not present nor with obvious organomegaly..." I have no idea what this word could be. Please help! ...
Multiple gray-scale and color flow images of the __________ were performed
The __________ appears slightly prominent with a length of approximately 2 cm.
Sounds like she is saying "pillars".
HUH???? ...
Hey, need help! I have been working on this 20 minute report for a long time, all kinds of abdominal procedure. He says this word over and over, and I cannot find out what it is. One sample is "we carried this dissection up the greater curvature towards the base of the left s/l kruse, dividing the gastrosplenic attatchements."
I hope someone can help! ...