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A 24-year-old male presents to his primary care physician with complaint of bloody diarrhea x 1 week. Preceding this, he had generalized abdominal cramping and increased frequency of stools for two weeks.
Nurse Lead Amanda Cunningham, BSN, RN, shares why honoree status is important to her team and her community.
A patient had a diagnostic colonoscopy and indications were rectal bleeding, abnormal scan of the digestive tract and incomplete defecation.
Successful applicants to the ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program (EURP) submit a summary of a recently conducted quality improvement (QI) project as part of the application process.
As health care teams, you are trusted members of your communities. You have the desire, knowledge and vision to advance digestive health care locally.
A 42-year-old female advanced practice provider (APP) presents to her primary physician with a chief complaint of fatigue and feeling “stressed.” She has no chronic medical problems and takes no medication.
There is a widespread realization that health care in the U.S. remains fragmented and lacks longitudinal coordination of care.
Your colleagues agreed: the physician-nurse faculty knocked it out of the park for the 2023 GI Unit Leadership course, and we have every intention of keeping it up!
ASGE members may submit coding inquiries electronically to codingquestions@asge.org.
Whether you are navigating the first half of year one of a fellowship or starting the search for your first job after training, staying up to date with new studies is rewarding on multiple levels.
A Bravo, CPT code 91035, was performed and did not show active reflux, so the diagnosis attached was dysphonia, which the insurance is denying. What other diagnosis could be used?
The endoscopy staff identified inconsistencies in our pre-procedure time-out process, including the information being shared and the attentiveness of all members.
A 24-year-old male presents to the emergency room with a chief complaint of “I can’t swallow.” He states that while eating dinner, chicken suddenly “got stuck, and I could not swallow.”
No incorrectly labeled specimen containers, no specimens placed in wrong containers, no missing specimens, 100% real-time timeout charting compliance
The health system has a strategic goal of increasing the ratings on the NRC “What Matters Most” question in patient satisfaction surveys to 66.9% for all departments.