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  • 99211 coding
  • 99212 coding
  • 99213 coding
  • 99214 coding
  • 99215 coding
  • Abuse of prescription drugs
  • Abusive head trauma
  • Acute myelogenous leukemia
  • Acute myeloid leukemia
  • Adenocarcinoma of sinuses
  • Adolescent gynecologic care
  • Adolescent suicide
  • Advanced reproductive techniques
  • Aging and sexuality
  • AHA recommendations
  • Al Anon
  • Alcohol problems in young people
  • Alcohol withdrawal
  • Alzheimer's - early onset
  • Alzheimer's dementia treatment
  • Ambulation and DVT
  • Amoxicillin and infectious mononucleosis rash
  • Anesthetic agents in the outpatient setting
  • Antibiotic drug-drug interaction
  • Antibiotics and COPD
  • Antisocial personality
  • Anxiety disorder in adults
  • Anxiety disorder in children
  • Aspiration pneumonia
  • Atypical hyperplasia of the breast
  • Back asymmetry
  • Bacterial endocarditis
  • Bariatric surgery and reproductive health
  • Beta blockers and heart failure
  • Bipolar disorder in children
  • Blepharospasm
  • Blood transfusions
  • Botulinum toxin
  • Botulism in infants
  • Brain death
  • BRCA 1
  • Breast cancer treatment - adverse effects
  • Breast conserving surgery
  • Breast imaging of dense breasts
  • Breast reconstruction
  • Breast reconstructive surgery
  • Bullying
  • C. difficile diarrhea
  • C. difficile recurrent
  • Caffeine addiction
  • Cancer with unknown primary
  • Cardiac stenting
  • Cardiac stress testing
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Care of internationally adopted children
  • Carotid disease
  • Carotid stenosis screening
  • Carotid vascular disease extra cranial
  • Central retinal artery occlusion
  • Central serous chorioretinopathy
  • Cerebral aneurysm - ruptured
  • Charles Bonnet
  • Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy
  • CHF in blacks
  • CHF stage C
  • Child sexual abuse and later problems
  • Child witnesses
  • Chronic Low Back Pain in Adults
  • Chronic myelogenous leukemia
  • Chronic subdural hematoma
  • Ciguatera fish poisoning
  • Circumcision and STI transmission
  • Circumcision in adults
  • Clavicle fracture
  • CMY and HIV
  • Cocaine
  • Cocaine - intrauterine exposure
  • Cocaine Toxicity
  • Cocaine use
  • Collateral ligament injury
  • Colonoscopy - unnecessary testing
  • Competence to Consent to Treatment
  • Complicated grief
  • Compulsive gambling
  • Conduct disorder
  • Congenital cataracts
  • Constipation - infants
  • Contraception for women with migraine
  • Coronary disease - nonatheromatous
  • Covid - acute care
  • COVID 19 and depression
  • COVID 19 prevention
  • COVID 19 variants
  • Crohn's disease - new medications
  • Crush injuries
  • Cryptococcal pneumonia
  • Cultural competency
  • Culturally competent end of life care
  • Cutaneous TB
  • Cyanotic heart disease
  • Cyberbullying
  • Dacryostenosis
  • DASH diet
  • Date rape
  • Decubitus ulcer evaluation and treatment
  • Deep brain stimulation
  • Dementia behavior problems
  • Dental infections
  • Depersonalization disorder
  • Diabetes and cancer
  • Diabetic foot osteomyelitis
  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Diclofenac gel for osteoarthritis
  • Dietary counseling for patients on warfarin
  • Dietary fats
  • Dietary recommendations for children
  • DiGeorge syndrome
  • Drug abuse and POS testing
  • Drug interactions with antivirals
  • Drug testing false positive
  • Drug-induced dermatology
  • Drusen and prognosis
  • Dual neurotransmitter antidepressants
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ
  • DVT diagnosis
  • Dysplastic nevus syndrome
  • E-cigarette
  • Early pregnancy loss - management
  • Elderly driver
  • Elective Cesearan and risk of respiratory distress
  • Elective oophorectomy
  • Elective repeat C/S
  • Electronic cigarettes
  • End of life
  • End-of-life issues - end stage renal disease
  • End-of-life issues - heart failure
  • End-of-life issues and GLBT community
  • Energy drinks
  • Energy drinks and alcohol
  • Epidural anesthesia
  • Epidural hematoma
  • Epidural injection for back pain
  • Esophagopulmonary fistula
  • Ethylene glycol toxicity
  • Evaluating decision-making capacity
  • Evaluation of child sexual assault/abuse victim
  • Evaluation of the patient with bleeding
  • Exercise supplementation
  • Extended cycle oral contraceptives
  • Extended cycle oral contraceptives
  • Fat embolism
  • Female sexual dysfunction
  • Female staph infections
  • Female sterilization
  • Femoral neuropathy
  • Fever at the end of life
  • Fever in children - treatment
  • Fiber
  • Fish oil
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Flibanserin
  • Follow up of cancer survivors
  • Foot deformities
  • FUO in the HIV patient
  • Gastric bypass mortality
  • Gastroenteritis management
  • Gay Male health concerns
  • Gender dysphoria in children
  • Genetic testing
  • GERD in infants
  • Geriatric HIV
  • Glaucoma in infants and children
  • GLBT youth and health problems
  • Gram negative toe web infections
  • Grieving and depression
  • Group visits
  • Growth hormone therapy for children
  • Growth hormone use in children
  • GYN care for HIV-infected women
  • Health maintenance
  • Healthcare team collaboration
  • Healthcare workers with blood borne infections
  • Hepatitis C polyarthritis
  • Hernia repair
  • Heroin
  • Heterotropic gastric mucosa
  • High pressure injection injuries
  • HIV and neurologic symptoms
  • HIV management in women
  • HIV treatment guidelines
  • Home PT moinitoring
  • Hormonal contraception - efficacy
  • Hormonal contraception and cancer risk
  • Hormonal therapy after hysterectomy
  • Hormone replacement therapy in younger women
  • Hospice care
  • HPV DNA testing
  • HPV testing
  • Hyperalimentation
  • Hypogonadism
  • Iliofemoral DVT
  • Implanted devices for cardiac arrythmias
  • Inappropriate medication use
  • Incretin mimetic drugs
  • Indications for soy formula
  • Infant feeding and atopic disease
  • Infections and CV disease
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Inflammatory bowel disease in children
  • Influenza and coinfection
  • Influenza diagnosis
  • Influenza vaccine update
  • Ingrown toenails
  • Inpatient to outpatient transition
  • Insulin pumps
  • Interstitial cystitis
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Intracranial arterial stenosis
  • Intravenous drug use and endocarditis
  • Iritis and uveitis
  • Lactose intolerance
  • Latex allergy
  • Latex allergy vs dermatitis
  • Levothyroxine drug interactions
  • Life style changes for lipid lowering
  • Lifestyle changes DM
  • Lobular carcinoma of the breast
  • Localized prostate cancer
  • Low carbohydrate diets
  • Lymphedema following breast surgery
  • Malaria in the returning traveler
  • Male sexual dysfunction
  • Mammography controversies
  • Managing respiratory secretions at the end of life
  • Media and obesity
  • Medical marijuana
  • Medications for GI gas
  • Medications for nausea
  • Menstrual problems in the adolescent
  • Merkel cell tumor
  • Mesothelioma
  • Metabolic emergencies
  • Metformin and renal disease
  • Microceaphly
  • Mosquito protection
  • MRSA in the hospital
  • Naphthalene ingestion
  • Narcolepsy/cataplexy
  • Nasal polyps
  • Nasal septal perforation
  • Nasal trauma
  • Nasopharyngeal cancer
  • Nausea and vomiting at the end of life
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis
  • Neonatal stooling problems
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Newborn hypotonia
  • Newborn Rashes and Birthmarks
  • Newer biologic agents
  • Noise-induced hearing loss
  • NSAID gastropathy
  • NSAIDs and CVD
  • Nursing home care
  • Nutrition and atopic disease/allergy
  • Nutritional issues in the elderly
  • Occupational skin disease
  • Ocular herpes simplex
  • Off label drug use
  • Opioids - prescribing
  • Oppositional defiant disorder
  • Oral contraceptives 24 day cycle
  • Oral llchen planes
  • Orbital floor fractures in children
  • Oropharyngeal cancers
  • Oropharyngeal candidiasis
  • Osteoarthritis hip
  • Osteogenic sarcoma
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Ovarian conservation at time of hysterectomy
  • Overuse injuries in children
  • Paget's disease of the breast
  • Palliative and End of Life Care
  • Parkinson's disease - medications
  • Patient centered medical home
  • PCI vs CABG
  • Peer violence
  • Pelvic pain, chronic
  • Pelvic pain, chronic
  • Pelvic relaxation
  • Penicillin allergy
  • Perforated viscus
  • Pericarditis
  • Perioral dermatitis
  • Periorbital cellulitis
  • Perirectal abscess
  • PET scan
  • Physical therapy prescription
  • Phytophotodermatitis
  • Plagiocephaly
  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
  • Pneumocystis infection
  • Polymyositis/dermatomyositis
  • Postoperative wound complications
  • Postthombotic syndrome
  • Pregabalin (Lyrica)
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Prenatal genetic testing
  • Presbycusis and hearing aids
  • Prescription drug abuse
  • Preservation of fertility
  • Preventive counseling
  • Problems with multi-drug therapy
  • Prolonged PR internal
  • Propoxyphene
  • Prostatitis acute
  • Prostatitis chronic
  • Protein Allergy
  • PSA
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Psychological aspects of chronic disease
  • Psychothropic drugs in pregnancy
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Pyelodysplasia
  • Pyelonephritis - chronic
  • Pyelonephritis in children
  • Quick start on oral contraceptives
  • Rectus sheath hematoma
  • Recurrent thrush
  • Recurrent VTE
  • Red yeast rice for hyperlipidemia
  • Relapsing polychondritis
  • Repetitive motion inquires
  • Reproductive health in active duty women
  • Respiratory distress syndrome
  • Retinitis pigmentosa
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Rhinitis - allergic and nonallergic
  • Salt and CVD - update on the debate
  • Scalp lesions
  • Scarlet fever
  • Scoliosis
  • Screening asymptomatic adults for CAD
  • Screening for depression in cardiac patients
  • Screening for domestic violence
  • Screening for herpes simplex
  • Scuba diving - potential medical issues
  • Second generation antidepressants
  • Secondary infertility
  • Semen analysis
  • Sentinel node biopsy
  • Sexting
  • Sexual assault victim evaluation- adult
  • Sexual orientation
  • Sexuality following myocardial infarction
  • Shift work and medical problems
  • Sialadenitis - acute
  • Skull deformity
  • SLE and antimalarials
  • Smoke inhalation
  • Smokeless tobacco
  • Smoking cessation benefits
  • Soccer injuries
  • Social media and adolescents
  • Social media and children
  • Soy health benefits
  • Spinal cord stimulators for chronic pain
  • Spondyloarthropathies
  • Spontaneous abortion
  • Sport participation - genetic heart disease
  • Sputum culture
  • STEMI - DeWinter finding
  • Sternal fractures
  • Still birth
  • Stimulant abuse
  • Stinging insect hypersensitivity
  • Sun damage
  • Sun protection for children
  • Superficial venous thrombosis
  • Supplemental breast screening
  • Supplemental nutrition assistance program
  • Syncope in adults
  • Tai Chi
  • TE fistulas
  • Temper tantrums
  • Temporal lobe epilepsy
  • Testing for rheumatologic disorders
  • Thrombosis prophylaxis in hospitalized patients
  • Thyrotoxicosis
  • Tic disorders in children
  • Tilt table testing
  • Tobacco and health risks for women
  • Tobacco use - adverse health effects
  • Tourette's syndrome
  • Tramadol
  • Travel concerns
  • Tricyclic antidepressants
  • TTP
  • Tumor necrosis factor antagonists
  • Type 2 DM and tight control
  • U-500 insulin
  • Upper extremity DVT
  • Urinary catheter care
  • Urinary catheter management
  • Valvular disease - FP approach
  • Varicose veins
  • Venous insufficiency
  • Venous stasis ulcers
  • Ventriculoseptal defect VSD
  • VFA
  • Vulvar cancer
  • Vulvar carcinoma
  • Vulvar lesions
  • Vulvodynia
  • Vulvovaginitis in children
  • Wandering - management
  • Waterpipe use
  • Weight gain and dietary recommendations
  • Wheezing associated respiratory illness
  • Wilm's tumor
  • Workers compensation
  • Wound closure - timing and antibiotics
  • Wrist injuries
  • Xerostomia
  • Zostavax in persons with previous HZ