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you have to be a DC amp。 a Psychiatrist/Psychologist?,No. It is not realistic to expect that you evaluate a patient to the same level of a psychiatrist or a psychologist But, a large part of a person’s overall health is his or her mental health As subluxations may be caused by “thoughts”, a person’s mental status should be important to you,第三十二頁,共三十七頁。,Documentation of Mental Status,Documentation of the patient’s mental status is not remarkably different than the documentation for the history exam or physical exam Include it in the Neurology section of your narrative history,第三十三頁,共三十七頁。,Example of normal:,“The patient is alert and oriented x 3. Correct registration of 3 objects was noted. Attention and calculation are appropriate with serial 7 counting. Short term memory is intact. Language skills are demonstrated without evidence of agnosia, aphasia or apraxia.”,第三十四頁,共三十七頁。,Example of abnormal:,“The patient is alert and oriented to person and time, but is unable to identify the location, believing she is in her childhood home in Omaha. Correct registration of 3 objects is noted. The patient’s attention and calculation are deficient, with the patient correctly counting backwards from 100 by 7s to 86. The patient correctly repeats the names of objects, without evidence of agnosia or aphasia. The patient is unable, however, to complete commands or purposeful actions and demonstrates difficulty completing written or verbal commands. Apraxia is suspected.,第三十五頁,共三十七頁。,The MMSE and CPT,The MMSE is considered a component of the neurological portion of the E therefore, no separate CPT code is entered,第三十六頁,共三十七頁。,內(nèi)容(n232。ir243。ng)總結(jié),The Mental Status Examination (MSE)。The MMSE tests:。Attention and Calculation:。Write a sentence.。Drawbacks。Example of abnormal:,第三十七頁,共三十七頁。