scholarly journals More than a Hundred Years in the Search for an Accurate Diagnosis for Chagas Disease: Current Panorama and Expectations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aracely López-Monteon ◽  
Eric Dumonteil ◽  
Angel Ramos-Ligonio
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis

Coding for Evaluation and Treatment

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Kander ◽  
Steve White
Keyword(s):  
Medical Record ◽  
Treatment Session ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Adequate Information ◽  
Diagnosis Codes ◽  
Coding Rules ◽  
Procedure Codes ◽  
The Web

Abstract This article explains the development and use of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes, CPT procedure codes, and HCPCS supply/device codes. Examples of appropriate coding combinations, and Coding rules adopted by most third party payers are given. Additionally, references for complete code lists on the Web and a list of voice-related CPT code edits are included. The reader is given adequate information to report an evaluation or treatment session with accurate diagnosis, procedure, and supply/device codes. Speech-language pathologists can accurately code services when given adequate resources and rules and are encouraged to insert relevant codes in the medical record rather than depend on billing personnel to accurately provide this information. Consultation is available from the Division 3 Reimbursement Committee members and from [email protected] .

706 B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and ventricular arrhythmias in Chagas disease

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-156
Author(s):  
J MARQUES ◽  
A KANSKY ◽  
I MENDOZA ◽  
L LOPEZGOMEZ ◽  
F MOLEIRO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Ventricular Arrhythmias

Chagas Disease After Organ Transplantation - Los Angeles, California, 2006

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Mascola ◽  
B. Kubak ◽  
S. Radhakrishna ◽  
T. Mone ◽  
R. Hunter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Chagas Disease

(-)-Cubebin and (-)-Hinokinin: Evaluation of immunomodulatory effects in Chagas' disease

Planta Medica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
VR Esperandim ◽  
DS Ferreira ◽  
KCS Rezende ◽  
R Lucarini ◽  
LGR Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Immunomodulatory Effects

Premalignant and Malignant Lesions of the Heterotopic Pancreas in the Esophagus: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Ulrych ◽  
Vladimir Fryba ◽  
Helena Skalova ◽  
Zdenek Krska ◽  
Tomas Krechler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Heterotopic Pancreas ◽  
Premalignant Lesions ◽  
Resected Specimen ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Severe Dysphagia ◽  
Malignant Lesions

Heterotopic pancreas is a congenital pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, particularly rare in the esophagus. Both symptomatology and findings during preoperative examinations are non-specific and therefore do not often lead to an accurate diagnosis, which is usually revealed only by histopathological assessment of a resected specimen. We report an unusual case of a patient suffering from severe dysphagia caused by heterotopic pancreas in the distal esophagus with chronic inflammation and foci of premalignant changes. This article also reviews 14 adult cases of heterotopic pancreas in the esophagus previously reported in the literature, with the aim of determining the clinical features of this disease and possible complications including rare premalignant lesions and malignant transformation. Especially with regard to those complications, we suggest that both symptomatic and incidentally found asymptomatic lesions should be resected.

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