Assign the correct CPT code(s): ________________________________________ 4. A 16 year old patient comes to the ED/ER with a 4 cm laceration of the right hand due to a knife (while preparing food). Active bleeding is noted. The wound is cleansed with saline and examined.
Famed nutritionist and author Dr. Robert Atkins died on 17 April 2003 at the age of 72 after sustaining head injuries in a fall outside his New York clinic. But did more underlie his demise than merely a slippery walkway? Robert Atkins has been termed âthe apostle of protein gluttony as a passport to health, wholesomeness and the perfect figure.â He came to public notice in 1972 with his claims for a revolutionary diet that guaranteed weight loss.
The Medical Examiner's report had a hand-written note that Atkins had a history of myocardial infarction (heart attack), congestive heart failure, and hypertension (written h/o MI, CHF, HTN). The above Committee made much of this and began the rumor that Atkins had died of his own diet. The misconceptions remain to this day. The year following his death, his widow released a statement taking what she called unscrupulous individuals to task for spreading falsehoods about her husband.