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Tip Card: Altered Mental Status

The attached PDF document offers tips for clinical documentation improvement regarding altered mental status donated by Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS. It includes definitions for:

  • Encephalopathy
  • Delirium
  • Dementia
  • Stupor
  • Coma
  • TIA
  • Stroke
  • Psychosis

 

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