2023 Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases 
American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Workers covered by the legislation on Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (Cal. These regulations went into effect on February 3, 2023. Employees who are working from home. 8, § 5199) (section 5199). Employees working from a location chosen by the employee that is not under the control of the employer.
Pediatric EM Morsels
AUGUST 18, 2023
None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. BMC Infectious Disease. There were 2523 children included. Number of adverse effects was similar between the groups, however in the Levofloxacin group 85% of MSK complaints were arthralgias. 451 pediatric patients were included.
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ACEP Now
OCTOBER 26, 2023
In this case, reasonable would mean that the person requesting PHI confirms that they are the patient’s clinician and that any transmitted documents will have secure receipt, e.g., to the department’s fax machine at the clerk’s desk, away from any general access. Accessed October 9, 2023. Accessed October 9, 2023. HHS website.
ALiEM
JANUARY 22, 2024
Fever was documented to be 102°F and was not associated with any chills or rigors. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved. Epub 2011 Sep 12. PMID: 21911554; PMCID: PMC3193135.
ALiEM
MARCH 11, 2024
There is limited literature documenting eye involvement and pictographic examples of its presentation. 2023 Feb;37(3):383-385. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved.
Pediatric Education
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Young infants presenting with conjunctivitis should have their medical charts reviewed for maternal sexually transmitted infection screening status as well as if actual administration of a topical antibiotic to the infants eyes was documented, remembering that only Neisseria gonorrohea is treated with erythromycin. Accessed August 29, 2023.
Pediatric EM Morsels
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Obasi 2020) Hepatic and splenic abscesses have been documented in children, and splenic rupture is particularly associated with cases of MDR typhoid fever. (Shah 2021) Acalculous cholecystitis has been described in children which has led to rare reports of gallbladder perforation.
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