The term management option provides insight into the steps taken ...

[scienceeasy]

The term management option provides insight into the steps taken by the patient and recommended by the physician to alleviate or improve the presenting problem. Please describe a management option with which you have personal experience. Identify which of the management options you might consider to be the most counter-intuitive, or seems to be least like a management option.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Identify the documentation guideline for amount and/or complexity of data you find most challenging. Please be specific about why this documentation guideline is challenging.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[recede]

Answer to Question 1

 Answers may include a wide variety of management options, from recommendation of taking OTC pain relievers to surgery. Personal reflections are welcome, especially comments regarding the efficacy of the management option.

Answer to Question 2

Answers should specify one of the six documentation guidelines:
 Ordering diagnostic testing
 Reviewing diagnostic testing
 Obtaining old records
 Obtaining additional history from someone other than the patient
 Discussion of diagnostic results with physician who performed the diagnostic testing
 Independent visualization of image, tracing, or scan by physician performing the E/M service.
And identify at least two aspects of the documentation guidelines the reader finds challenging and why.

[scienceeasy]

TYSM

[kjohnson]

Excellent