HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2018 Issue 10 (March)

Q&A: Documenting intoxication with a blood alcohol level

March 6th, 2018

Q: If a patient is admitted with a high blood alcohol level and the provider documents the blood alcohol level in his or her note, does the provider also need to specifically write “patient with intoxication?”

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