ICD-10 Primer, Lesson 3: Star Wars Codes
Another wonderful strength of the new ICD-10 coding system is not only the increased number of codes dealing with the rare but possible real-life...
ICD-10 Primer, Lesson 2: Roller-Skate Documentation
A minute doesn’t go by at work without someone talking about yet another patient involved in some roller-skating injury. ICD-9 codes for roller-skating were...
Tips: How to Worsen Your Already-Terrible Bedside Manner
You may find your bedside manner is pretty terrible given how busy you are and your general frustration with humanity as a whole. If...
ICD-10 Primer, Quiz 1: Can You Spot the Y92 Code That Isn’t Real?
It is probably safe to assume that every health care practitioner in America has committed the Y92 or “the place of occurrence of the...
Tips: How to Defuse the Angry Patient (or at the Very Least, Make Things...
Handling the angry patient (or family member) is a very delicate situation, so we should all be grateful that we were never educated on...
Gomerblog’s Fail-Safe Tips for Beginning Runners
Did you make a New Year's resolution to start running but haven't gotten to it yet? We're here to help. This guide is intended...
Tips for Interns: How to Respond to Your Attending’s Questions
Here are a few short cases to help out our new interns!
CASE 1
Your attending asks you during floor rounds:
“What can you tell me about...
Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen
Two things are needed for a spectacular abdominal exam: luck and an abdomen. The following review focuses on different aspects of the abdominal exam,...
How to Become Gluten Intolerant
Ever wonder how you can become gluten intolerant even if you don't actually have gluten intolerance or celiac disease? We have found a video...
