by Natalie Tornese | Posted: Sep 17, 2020 | Resources
Regarded as one of the most common cardiovascular diseases in the United States, pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs (which supplies blood to the lungs). The blockage prevents oxygen from reaching the tissues of the...
by Rajeev Rajagopal | Posted: Sep 7, 2020 | Medical Billing
Seeing blood in the urine can be quite alarming. Even though in many cases the exact causes are harmless, blood in the urine can indicate a serious disorder. The blood may be visible in such small quantities that it can’t be seen with the naked eyes. Also called...
by Natalie Tornese | Posted: Sep 2, 2020 | Medical Coding
Pain is one of the most common issues treated in hospital emergency departments (EDs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 50 million Americans (or about 20 percent of the adult population in the U.S.) experience chronic pain. Interventional...
by Rajeev Rajagopal | Posted: Aug 26, 2020 | Medical Billing
Regarded as a serious mental health condition, bipolar disorder causes severe changes in a person’s mood, energy and activity levels that can make day-to-day functioning difficult. Formerly known as manic depression or manic-depressive disorder, the condition causes...
by Rajeev Rajagopal | Posted: Aug 7, 2020 | Medical Billing
Regarded as the most common heart valve abnormality, mitral valve prolapse (MVP) occurs when the flaps (leaflets) of the heart’s mitral valve do not close evenly, but bulge (prolapse) into the heart’s left upper chamber (left atrium). Also known as click-murmur...
