Physician documentation deficiencies in abdominal ultrasound reports: Frequency, characteristics, and financial impact

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 403-408

  Duszak, Richard ^a,b   Nossal, Michael ^c   Schofield, Lyle ^c   Picus, Daniel ^d  

^a Mid South Imaging and Therapeutics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c CodeRyte ^*  (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound; CPT coding; natural language processing; physician documentation deficiencies; radiologist reporting

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 84926231562     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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