Reason For ICD-10 Delay: Missing Critical Section on Injuries Due to ICD-10
WASHINGTON, DC - While preparing for the introduction of ICD-10 in the US, physicians dealing with workers’ compensation realized that there was a huge section...
Tired Medicine Resident Writes 1 Progress Note About 15 Patients
BALTIMORE, MD - A third-year medicine resident at Johns Hopkins University, Geno Smulison, completely exhausted from a busy inpatient teaching service this month and...
Breaking: Doctor Inconsolable Over Loss of Favorite Pen
TOWSON, MD - Unable to hold back the tears welling up in his eyes since he learned of the heartbreaking news, internal medicine attending...
Rosetta Stone Unlocks Mystery of Ophtho Notes
LONDON, ENGLAND - In breaking news, archeologists have uncovered a missing piece to the Rosetta Stone, the ancient stone slab on which the Memphis decree...
Elite HIPAA Stormtroopers Raid Hospital, Kill 48, Secure 1 Chart
BOCA RATON, FL - An elite HIPAA Stormtrooper unit raided Madre De Díos Hospital when it was alerted that a nurse had left a chart...
The Difference Between Sharting & Charting
Why hello boys and girls! Today's topic, we try to tell the difference between another two often-confused terms: charting and sharting. Let's go!
Charting refers...
Alternate Co-Signatures When Supervising Residents
So there you are, reading your resident's notes and you have to write the co-signatures. I know what you're thinking: it's so BORING! It's...
WHO adds “Bless their Heart” as an ICD-10 diagnosis code
New York, NY- After much deliberation and discussion, the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially added "bless their heart" as an ICD-10 diagnosis code....
Computer Resuscitated After 6 Rounds of Ctrl+Alt+Del
NASHVILLE, TN - Gomerblog is happy to report that a code team at Nashville Medical Center (NMC) has successfully resuscitated an old nurses station computer...