NESmith
Expert
i don't know if this question has ever been asked and I am sorry if it sounds weird, but I met with one of our providers to discuss his documenttaion of the chronic conditions. He only listed them in the Assessment without giving any information pertaining to the conditions. I told him that he needed to give more information such as; Essential hypertension-Stable on current meds. He told him that the information is in the exam such as; CPOD as a chronic condition and in his exam he states abnormal breath sounds, rales/crackles were heard. I told him that I don't beliieve he can use his exam to support the chronic conditions. Am I correct in telling him this? He stated that he is correct and that I needed to check into this. Please help. Thanks as always