Coding for Cocaine Poisoning
What do you do when the emergency department (ED) calls your cardiologist to care for a patient with cocaine poisoning? From October 1, 2010, a new code changes what you should report.
When ICD 9 codes 2011 go into effect on October 1, you can expect to see 970.81 available for when you need to report cocaine poisoning.
Get on top of this critical care scenario
Patients with cocaine poisoning can be very complex, extremely sick and are potential critical care cases.
Here’s an example: A 22-year-old patient comes with acute chest pain and hypertension. History reveals that he … Read More »
Cocaine Addiction Treatment
This addiction does not respect the age, profession, religion and other physical attributes. Cocaine has little use in the field of medicine. Because of the aesthetic effect, it has been used for eye surgery.
It is still available for use in the surgery for nose, stopping the nose bleeding and as a local aesthetic fro cuts in children. As far as cocaine addiction treatment is concerned various treatment centres are available for the addictive patients. According to the research that laboratory animals become the compulsive users of cocaine. Furthermore, human response is similar and same to that of … Read More »
Side Effects of Cocaine Abuse on Health
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Side Effects of Cocaine Abuse on Health – Health – Diseases and Conditions
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Cocaine is extremely addictive central nervous system stimulant. Many people, particularly in the United States are abusing Cocaine and getting destroyed. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2009, about 1.6 million Americans above the age of 12 were found to be Cocaine users. Widespread Cocaine abuse in America … Read More »