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Pay-Per-View: Understand clinical perspective about how atrial fibrillation gets a bum rap as ’cause of death’

APCs Weekly Monitor, December 21, 2007

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People don't die of atrial fibrillation. Okay, that's not always true. But on paper, it appears as though most deaths are attributed to atrial fibrillation. This is because of inadequate physician documentation and inadequate understanding of the individual patient scenario.

Click here to read more about atrial fibrillation which results in death. Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies subscribers have free access to this article in the December issue via their online subscriptions.



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