Putting the wrong principal diagnosis, such as pneumonia over Asthma exacerbation could mean the difference of 5k. Putting the wrong procedure could easily change the DRG by 50k.
Sure. The best (and funnyest) example of this is the movie Hospital.
Sometimes doctors do the incorrect thing in an operation. This can lead to someone's death. In this case the family can sue the hospital and these attorneys will be needed.
A counterexample.
Outpatient: A patient who is not hospitalized, but instead comes to a physician?s office, clinic, or day surgery office for treatment.You're an outpatient if you're getting emergency department services, observationservices, outpatient surgery, lab tests, or X-rays, and the doctor hasn't written anorder to admit you to the hospital as an inpatient. In these cases, you're anoutpatient even if you spend the night at the hospital. As long as you do spend more then 23 hours 59 min and 59 seconds in the hospital.
The medical field generally accepts the word "SURG" for either Surgery or Surgeon. For example, a "Medical/Surgical" (general inpatient rooms) floor of a hospital is widely called a "Med/Surg" floor in the medical community.
Correct
A hospitalist is a physician who works at the hospital.
Yes, the word "Hospital" is capitalized when referring to a specific, named hospital. For example, "I work at St. John's Hospital."
Implied
No, the example above in incorrect grammar. A correct example would be: "Have you taken a nap?"
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