Posted on December 14, 2007 by necnos
A recent Addiction article suggests that alcohol abuse (AA) and alcohol dependence (AD) are not separate and distinct entities but part of the same family called Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs). The DSM-IV and ICD-10 classifications use information from the 1976 formulation known as Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (ADS).A look at the MS-DRG CC analysis for alcohol [...]
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Posted on December 6, 2007 by necnos
Today’s MMWR includes a status report on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity in the US.
RSV infection primarily manifests as bronchiolitis or pneumonia and results in approximately 75,000 to 125,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year (1).
Back in 1996, RSV was added as a specific code (0796). Since there are very few cases of RSV [...]
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