ICD-10

risk of premature or unnecessary shock, leading to bodily harm. Future designs should be explored to eventually eliminate the risk of the operator being shocked, which has been researched utilising a ‘Y’ shaped cable, more sensors added to AEDs and ICDs to read other vital signs, improved reliability and power factors within capacitors, increased efficiency of transformers and increased battery storage through the introduction of metal…

Asperger Syndrome (AS) is a one of five autistic spectrum disorders. AS is also recognized by some as a neurological disorder. Sufferers of this syndrome share many of the same characteristics of autism except the accompanying disabilities. The syndrome can exhibit a variety of characteristics ranging from mild to severe. Those afflicted with AS have difficulty understanding what people around them think and feel. As a result, they often behave inappropriately in social situations or do…

Bullying is something that is seen all over the world. Everyone has experienced some type of bullying in their life. Some more than others but it seem to be more common in children who suffer from autism. (Van Roekel et al., 2010) Why is this? Autism is a spectrum disorder, which as the name implies, is a very broad selection (Speaks 2011). It affects three major aspects: their communication, social interactions and may also have repetitive movements. The spectrum is so broad that you see all…

This essay will discuss, to what extent mental health patients are cared for in the community to distinguish if there is a failure amongst the system to care for those that suffer with mental health problems. It will aim to explore the public health services and care provided, legislations for assisting mental health people in the community and government funding bodies for people/services in London areas. Community based services for people with mental health, are dived between professionals…

more than twenty years’ experience helping pediatricians design and customize a Pediatric Practice Management System built around unique practice requirements and patient populations. All software solutions are continuously updated for HIPPA and ICD-10 compliance as new rules roll out, and can be modified to accommodate individual private practice settings and large, multi-provider organizations. Along with standard features that enable clear, concise communication and accurate documentation,…

cutting their workforces or reducing hours to part time (Obamacare Kicks In). Reducing work hours for workers equals less money on their paychecks, which goes back to the “supplying their families sentence mentioned earlier”. “The cost of upgrading to ICD 10 would be $83,000 for a three doctor practice and $285,000 for a ten doctor practice” (Whelan AMA Finally Takes Stand). Many businesses would take advantage of the three doctor practice because they would not have to pay as much money for…

My personal opinion on what it means to perform quality ICD-10-CM coding for the physician's office is making absolute certain to code accordingly and as accurately as possible. Coding specifically what is stated on the medical record and not over coding or mis-coding is essential. Not guessing a diagnosis, but…

intellectual disabilities in place of the previous term mental retardation. Explain the rationale for this name change. The World Health Organization (WHO)’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD) advances defining intellectual disability as a health situation is essential to hold on to it in ICD, with important suggestion for health procedure and right to use for health services. The Working Group proposes replacing mental retardation with intellectual developmental disorders, defined…

Introduction Ricardo Leyva Ramirez (Richards) was born on February 28th, 1980 in El Paso, Texas. He was born into a Mexican-American family, and he was the youngest out of five children. Richards had four brothers and one sister. Richards loved his younger brother Joseph, who was born with defects. He grew up with both parents, but his father was abusive, which made Richards very upset to see his father abuse his brothers. According to a short documentary, Richards was a happy child despite the…

Healthcare Data Set OASIS-C OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) is officially the data collection tool used by Medicare to ensure standard quality care is being provided by home health agencies across the U.S.(Quan, 2009). This group of data measurements has been developed, tested and refined over the last ten years to measure outcome for home health care and measures patient outcome for outcome-based quality improvement (OBQI). The model of standardization for OASIS is adopted from…