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Physician Advisor’s Corner: Tips for improving AMS documentation
Out of habit, many physicians simply will not write the word encephalopathy, says Paul Simmons, MD, Assistant chief medical officer (CMO) and CDI physician advisor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. For other doctors, words like encephalopathy, AMS, and delirium are all synonymous.
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