pharmacological and nonpharmacological management

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Max King at Kaplan’s  who is 4 years old had leaky liquid stool in his underwear. The associated symptom is abdominal pain. For the past 3 years he is been having Abdominal pain and hard stools when collecting history, the last three weeks he is been having liquid stools. He moved his bowel movement every 2 to 3 days but hard stool .

Primary Diagnosis and ICD-10 code: Also include any procedural codes.

3-5 Differential Diagnoses- Why? What made you select each one as a DDX? How did you rule out? This would be a good area to include references.

 

Additional laboratory and diagnostic tests: May be necessary to establish or evaluate a condition. Some tests, such as MRI, may require prior authorization from the patient’s insurance carrier.

 

Consults: referrals to specialists, therapists (physical, occupational), counselors, or other professionals. If you are sending to hospital, what orders would you write for a direct admit?

 

Therapeutic modalities: pharmacological and nonpharmacological management.

 

Health Promotion: Address risk factors as appropriate. Consider age-appropriate preventive health screening.

 

Patient education: Explanations and advice given to patient and family members.

 

Disposition/follow-up instructions: when the patient is to return sooner, and when to go to another facility such as the emergency department, urgent care center, specialist or therapist.

 

References (minimum of 3, timely, that prove this plan follows current standard of care).”