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You need to have it documented by the
physician. The best place to have it is on the monthly physician orders
under diagnosis.
Terry
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:57
AM
Subject: RE: aphasic
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?
The
prefix "a" means without
The prefix"dys" means difficulty
with
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:23 PM
To:
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Subject: Re: aphasic
In a message dated
1/13/2004 7:04:38 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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writes:
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.
�€œDysphagia�€� -
swallowing disorder
Thanks Gary.
Question: what is the term for
being totally unable to verbalize at
all?
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