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Watch for Age and Provider in Assigning Your Moderate Sedation Codes

Published on Fri Mar 17, 2017

Question:
Chief Complaint: Shoulder pain, Injury to left shoulder
History of Present Illness: Patient is a 15 year-old male who presents to the ED for evaluation after an injury to the left shoulder just PTA. He was wrestling with a friend and he was slammed to the floor. States he felt a "pop" in his left shoulder. States [...]
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