• Document etiology and show cause and effect, for example, acute GI bleed due to:

  • Angiodysplasia
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Bleeding esophageal varices
  • Gastritis
    
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Tumor
    
  • Ulcers
  • Unable to determine source of acute GI bleed

• Document where blood was found: rectal, hematochezia, hematemesis

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