ICD-10

The world of HIM seems to be in a state of constant change. With the implementation of ICD 10 and other advancements in the field, it is very important to stay up to date on current HIM practices. This is one of the biggest issues facing HIM professionals today. In January of 2014, the AHIMA Council for Excellence in Education released their updated curricular competencies for all accredited academic programs. (citation) The purpose of doing this was to ensure that all HIM programs were up to…

DIAGNOSIS: Status post left ankle ORIF ICD-10 S82.853 SUBJECTIVE: The patient is a 61-year-old female, referred to physical therapy status post left ankle surgical repair due to fracture. The patient reports that, overall, her pain management has been good. Pain at its worst is 4/10. The pain averages at about a 2-3/10. The patient does report that most of her pain is in both of her knees, and also she has history of severe right heel pain. Since surgery, the patient has been using a…

As stated in ICD-10 (WHO, 1992) sign and symptoms of schizophrenia is grouped into positive and negative symptoms. Royal College of Psychiatrist (Rcpsych, 2016) explain positive symptoms as unusual experiences which are more intense and distressing. This includes hallucination…

There has been a debate whether psychiatry is classified as “natural” or not. But it is not because it is explanatory constructs. The units of disorder in the DSM-5 and ICD-10 are systematic classifications that play an important role in research. Many psychiatrists know that diagnostic categories are what people have constructed, and are used to justify whether or not the provide a useful load of information for organizing…

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENT: “The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a semi-structured, standardized assessment of communication, social interaction, and play or imaginative use of materials for individuals who have been referred because of possible autism spectrum disorder (ASDs).” (Lord, Rutter, 2000). The ADOS consists of 5 different modules that start with children as young as toddlers and up to adults. The ADOS allows the examiner to observe behaviors that are common…

October 2005. The cause of death was indicated by the use of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the 10th version (WHO | International Classification of Diseases (ICD), World Health Organization).. Deaths that resulted from accidental or assaultive incidents were excluded from the outcome assessment. The diagnoses of interest were: “all cause” (i.e. excluding accidental deaths), ICD-10 codes A00-R99; respiratory, codes J00-J99; circulatory, codes I00-I99; stroke, codes I60-I69;…

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father abandonment at the young age of six” (Egan, 11). This turmoil of a childhood, fueled by abruptly losing her father, derived into her kleptomania compulsion. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) of Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, defines kleptomania as a disorder that is characterized by repeated failure to resist impulses to steal objects that are not acquired for personal use or monetary gain. The objects may…

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1. In my opinion, I don’t believe that babies who leaned sign language as infants have a higher overall IQ. I believe this myth is not true because babies who learned sign language as infants may help them to having a better sense to communicate with other and self-esteem, but doesn’t mean that those babies higher overall IQ. To me, babies who leaned sigh language as infants don’t seem to have a higher overall IQ as people claims. 2. Based on the studies psychologists believe, that there are…