Advocate Physician Informatics

Menstruation, excessive and frequent

Improving Physician Documentation Specificity

Document: with regular cycle versus with irregular cycle
Document if occurring during: Puberty, Perimenopausal period, Postmenopausal period

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May 26, 2015

Obstructed labor

Improving Physician Documentation Specificity

  • Document malposition or malpresentation, such as:
    • Incomplete rotation of head
    • Breech, face, brow, shoulder, or compound presentation
    • Other, such as footling or incomplete breech presentation
  • Document maternal pelvic abnormality, such as:
    • Deformed
    • Contraction - generally contracted, pelvic . . .

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May 26, 2015

Obstetrics Infections of Genitourinary tract

Improving Physician Documentation Specificity

Identify the specific site of the infection, if known, such as: Bladder,Urethra, or Kidney
Document causative organism, when known or suspected, such as E. coli or Candida.

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May 26, 2015

Obstetric laceration

Improving Physician Documentation Specificity

  • Document site (vaginal, labia, perineal, rectovaginal).
    • If perineal,document type
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Type Description
1st degree Perineal skin and subcutaneous tissue
2nd degree 1st degree and muscles
3rd degree 2nd degree and anal sphincter

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May 26, 2015

Singleton delivery

Improving Physician Documentation Specificity

  • Document

    • Weeks of gestation or trimester
    • Infant was liveborn or stillborn
  • For all procedures, document

    • Indication for Cesarean delivery
    • Indication for induction of labor

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May 26, 2015

Gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia

Improving Physician Documentation Specificity

Document if present with proteinuria or edema
Document with pre-eclampsia and severity : Mild,Moderate,or Severe
Document trimester or weeks of gestation

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May 26, 2015

Genital prolapse

Improving Physician Documentation Specificity

  • Document type:
    • Cystocele, midline or lateral
    • Uterine prolapse: 1st degree, 2nd degree, 3rd degree (i.e., complete)
    • Rectocele
    • Vaginal enterocele

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May 26, 2015

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