Nursing Diagnosis

Specialties NP

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Specializes in Accepted...Master's Entry Program, 2008!.

Do APNs use nursing diagnosis, or do they simply use the standard (and more meaningful) medical diagnosis?

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Medical diagnosis, as in ICD-9 codes.

We haven't mentioned nursing dx the whole time I've been in NP school. Probably because you can't bill for it... never thought they were much useful anyway, though I understand the reasoning behind why they were developed.

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Specializes in Acute Care - Cardiology.

i believe this specific topic has previously been addressed in this forum... i'd search or browse through the threads. it was probably within the last 6 months.

here's the one i was thinking about:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f34/usefullness-nursing-diagnosis-medical-decision-making-265077.html

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