The Oakland score offers the greatest discrimination and specificity for identifying patients with lower GI bleeding who can be safely discharged from the ED.
A single ICD-10 code, a missing modifier or a misclassified procedure intent can shift a colonoscopy from a fully covered preventive service to a medically necessary diagnostic one, which could change ...
The Rome V criteria for IBS identified a different group of patients, with lower sensitivity than either Rome III or IV ...
Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...