• 順秞湮圖 Answers Your Coding Questions

    A patient had a diagnostic colonoscopy and indications were rectal bleeding, abnormal scan of the digestive tract and incomplete defecation.

  • Improving Documentation of Cecal Intubation

    Successful applicants to the 順秞湮圖 Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program (EURP) submit a summary of a recently conducted quality improvement (QI) project as part of the application process.

  • Getting Creative in Community Engagement

    As health care teams, you are trusted members of your communities. You have the desire, knowledge and vision to advance digestive health care locally.

  • Case 14: Burnout

    A 42-year-old female advanced practice provider (APP) presents to her primary physician with a chief complaint of fatigue and feeling stressed. She has no chronic medical problems and takes no medication.

  • Chronic Care Management: How To Implement and Manage a Quality-Driven Program

    There is a widespread realization that health care in the U.S. remains fragmented and lacks longitudinal coordination of care.

  • EQuIP Your Team for Success

    Your colleagues agreed: the physician-nurse faculty knocked it out of the park for the 2023 GI Unit Leadership course, and we have every intention of keeping it up!

  • 順秞湮圖 Answers Your Coding Questions

    順秞湮圖 members may submit coding inquiries electronically to codingquestions@asge.org.

  • Must-Read 2023 GIE Articles for Fellows

    Whether you are navigating the first half of year one of a fellowship or starting the search for your first job after training, staying up to date with new studies is rewarding on multiple levels.

  • October 2023: 順秞湮圖 Answers Your Coding Questions

    A Bravo, CPT code 91035, was performed and did not show active reflux, so the diagnosis attached was dysphonia, which the insurance is denying. What other diagnosis could be used?

  • Pre-Procedure Time Out

    The endoscopy staff identified inconsistencies in our pre-procedure time-out process, including the information being shared and the attentiveness of all members.

  • Case 13: Eosinophilic Esophagitis

    A 24-year-old male presents to the emergency room with a chief complaint of I cant swallow. He states that while eating dinner, chicken suddenly got stuck, and I could not swallow.

  • Improving Specimen Collection

    No incorrectly labeled specimen containers, no specimens placed in wrong containers, no missing specimens, 100% real-time timeout charting compliance

  • Addressing What Matters More to Patients

    The health system has a strategic goal of increasing the ratings on the NRC What Matters Most question in patient satisfaction surveys to 66.9% for all departments.

  • Meeting Endoscope Reprocessing Guidelines

    On November 16, 2021, a quality improvement study was conducted to determine that all endoscopes are going from end of procedure to high-level disinfection (HLD) within the national guideline of one hour.

  • Patient Perceptions of Wait Times

    It is suspected that patients are perceiving excessive wait times in relation to their experience at [the facility] and delays in discharge which is increasing the time the patient is in the facility.