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When is the patient discharged after cholecystectomy?
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Within three to five days after surgery.
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What is the recovery time for a cholecystectomy?
The patient is generally encouraged to walk 8 hours after surgery and discharged from the hospital within three to five days, with return to work approximately four to six weeks after the procedure
What Position of patient undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy is?
over the left side
What recourse do a patient have when dismissed?
A patient is not dismissed they are discharged.
A patient who leaves the hospital is called?
DISCHARGED
What does 'the patient has a history of cholecystectomy' mean?
Cholecystecomy is just a fancy medical word meaning "surgical removal of the gallbladder." A patient with a history of a cholecystecomy no longer has a gallbladder.
When a patient is discharged the is responsible for documenting the discharge summary?
the physician
A patient has a cholecystectomy in completing the insurance claim form the assignment portion is left blank in error?
the claim gets denied
What if a patient think he is be discharged too soon?
He feels very excited about it. He think about his home and all the members of the home. One of the important thing that a patient thinks when he discharged is to eat something tasty and delicious but then his wife said, You can't eat that unless you get well. This is most irritating moment of patient's life after discharged.
What is postoperative aftercare for the patient after cholecystectomy?
Monitoring of blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and temperature.The patient is given pain medication as necessary. Fluids are given intravenously for 24-48 hours, until the patient's diet resumes.
What does a Cholecystectomy treat?
A cholecystectomy is performed to treat cholelithiasis and cholecystitis
What laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal),
What is the ICD-9 code for a patient discharged with a diagnosis of probable myocardial infarction?
410.91
