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Coding Challenge (UC)

Coding Challenge: Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care

December 1, 2023
Brad Laymon, PA-C, CPC, CEMC

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: SUBJECTIVE: 64-year-old…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Managing Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

December 1, 2023
Tracey Davidoff, MD

A 25-year-old previously healthy man presents to urgent care with sudden-onset swelling and severe pain in…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Managing Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

December 1, 2023
EB Medicine

An 8-year-old girl is brought to urgent care by her parents with a complaint of pain…

What's Your Diagnosis

What’s Your Diagnosis? Pediatric Diabetes

November 29, 2023
EB Medicine

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

What's Your Diagnosis

What’s Your Diagnosis? Methamphetamine Toxicity

November 29, 2023
EB Medicine

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

Brain Teaser

Test Your Knowledge: Pediatric Diabetes

November 27, 2023
EB Medicine

Children with diabetes mellitus are at high risk for acute life-threatening complications of their chronic disease.…

Brain Teaser

Test Your Knowledge: Methamphetamine Toxicity in the Emergency Department

November 27, 2023
EB Medicine

Management of patients who are acutely intoxicated with methamphetamine (a member of the substituted amphetamine class…

EKG

Mastering EKG Interpretation: 5 Essential Tips for Urgent Care Clinicians

November 22, 2023
EB Medicine

Jennifer Carlquist, PA-C, and course director of The Urgent Care EKG Course shares a few helpful…

The Laceration Course

Legal Aspects of Laceration Management

November 22, 2023
Patrick O’Malley, MD

Working in the emergency department is sometimes referred to as “walking in a minefield with clown shoes…