Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is widely used for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. With its many advantages, including ease of use, real-time multisystem assessment, affordability, availability, and accuracy, it has been adopted by all medical specialties. Despite its advantages, the lack of standard workflow and automated billing solutions makes it difficult to launch a comprehensive POCUS program.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to adapt our radiology reports to provide the documentation required for specific International Classification of Diseases, tenth rev (ICD-10) diagnosis coding.
Materials And Methods: Baseline data were analyzed to identify the reports with the greatest number of unspecified ICD-10 codes assigned by computer-assisted coding software. A two-part quality improvement initiative was subsequently implemented.