I can't walk you through an example, but I can comment on coding. You code as specifically as you can, but not what it *might* be. If you are not sure the dementia is due to Alzheimer's, then you just say Dementia.
But you shouldn't have to worry abou this. It is the providers job to do the coding. Kevin On 1/24/06, Marc Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In VistA are problems intended to be symptoms/complaints or a diagnosis. > For example, suppose a patient presents with memory loss and dementia. > Would a physician create two problems as follows: > > Memory Loss - 780.93 > Dementia - 294.8 > > And then later replace these with an actual diagnosis (lets say Alzheimer's > Disease)? Or should the capture of symptoms/complaints occur in the notes? > It would be great if somebody could walk through this example in VistA... > > Thanks, > > Marc ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
