2008 Documentation/Coding Operations 
ACEP Now
JUNE 7, 2023
ED leaders worked to develop new physician documentation and coding guidelines that needed to be implemented at the beginning of 2023. Software attacks crippled operations in large hospital chains, and physical assaults on ED staff continued unabated. Executive Summary of ED Operations in 2022 Volume was up from 2021.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
MAY 11, 2019
Background: The first documented appendectomy was done by Claudius Amyand in 1735. Omar et al (2008) showed just how safe laparoscopic appendectomies have become. Exclusion: Patients with co-occurring diagnosis or procedure codes consistent with complicated appendicitis and patients lacking appendectomy codes.
PulmCCM
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Fever in the ICU: Guideline Update The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued an interim update to their 2008 recommendations for the management of fever in the ICU. You can read the document here. Read the original document here. What’s a Fever?
Cook County EM Blog
MARCH 20, 2023
Further document handedness, occupation, site of injury, and thorough review of systems to evaluate for potential complications ○ Complications as distant as pneumomediastinum following air injection of the hand have been reported5,6. ➢ 2008 Apr;3(1):27-33. Epub 2008 Feb 2. 2008 Jan;12(1):33-6. 2008 Dec;3(4):340-5.
PHEM Cast
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Injury; 2008 (39): 967-969. pdf Equipment required for resuscitative thoracotomy: Surface anatomy: Appearance of pericardial clot A foley catheter being used to fill a cardiac wound – note how easily this could be pulled out. Practice Management guidelines for ED Thoracotomy. J Am Coll Surg. 2001, 193 (3): 303-309.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
MARCH 11, 2024
Craniosynostosis needs urgent referral and is usually corrected operatively before a child’s first birthday. Recommendations for sudden infant death syndrome prevention: a discussion document. Craniosynostosis can lead to raised intracranial pressure and failure to thrive. and can worsen and become harder to correct over time.
ACEP Now
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
A recent success by the ACEP was averting a decrease of our reimbursement for our 99284 E&M codes, saving an estimated $200 million for emergency physicians in 2023. If ACEP is already doing this, why be a member? ACEP has a voice for all, but its reach is limited by resources.
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