Speaking of speech disorders... If I have a resident with expressive aphasia, and the nurses are documenting "aphasia" etc, can I code aphasia on the MDS or do I need a doctor to document it first?
Thanks
"Wiedemann, Betty R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Wiedemann, Betty R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The prefix "a" means without
The prefix"dys" means difficulty with
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In a message dated 1/13/2004 7:04:38 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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I can understand why it’s confusing as the terms all sound very similar.
Here is a quick cheat sheet:
Aphasia - language disorder
Dysphasia – language disorder (same as aphasia)
Dysarthria - motor speech disorder.
“Dysphagia” - swallowing disorder
Thanks Gary.
Question: what is the term for being totally unable to verbalize at all?
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