Tag: Pain Management

Brain Teaser

Test Your Knowledge: Constipation in the Emergency Department

March 27, 2024
EB Medicine

Each year, over 1.3 million patients visit the emergency department for constipation. Most cases are benign,…

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…

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…

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…

What's Your Diagnosis

What’s Your Diagnosis? Migraine and Other Primary Headaches

November 7, 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: Migraine and Other Primary Headaches in the Emergency Department

October 26, 2023
EB Medicine

Headache is the fifth most common presenting chief complaint in emergency departments, and it is vital…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Pediatric Orthopedic Injury Management in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

September 1, 2023
EB Medicine

A 7-year-old boy arrives at urgent care with his father. The boy fell off a trampoline…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Pediatric Orthopedic Injury Management in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

September 1, 2023
EB Medicine

A 9-year-old girl is brought to urgent care by her mother with right lateral ankle pain…

Coding Challenge (UC)

Coding Challenge: Dental Emergencies in Urgent Care

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

Determine the correct evaluation and management (E/M) service code for this urgent care encounter: SUBJECTIVE 56-year-old…