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For years, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Coding Hotline has been a trusted resource for pediatricians and others with coding conundrums. Pediatric Coding Q&A: Expert Advice From the AAP Coding Hotline is a compilation of the hotline's \"greatest hits, \" featuring guidance from our coding experts on everything from coding for specific clinical conditions to applying both common and evolving coding concepts. Organized by clinical and coding topics, pediatricians, office managers, and coders will benefit from AAP Coding Hotline expertise and experience. Examples of topics include * Asthma * Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder * Behavioral health * Billing and claims completion * Breastfeeding and lactation counseling * Foreign body removal * Newborn care (hospital or office) Readers will also find tips for effective billing practices, appropriate documentation, capturing all reportable services, and modifier use. Bonus content includes resources to learn more about specific conditions and coding concepts, as well as a series of coding fact sheets.

This compendium of clinical practice guidelines and policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics helps equip clinicians to provide equitable and inclusive care to vulnerable and underserved pediatric populations. It offers guidance on the care of such populations as immigrant children and their families; children and families who are black, indigenous or people of color; LGBTQ+ youth and their families; and more. Additionally, the compendium covers topics such as substance use disorders, trauma informed care, and care of youth involved in the legal system. Pediatricians, family medicine physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners who care for children will find this collection useful.

This convenient reference provides clinicians with point-of-care guidance on the assessment and treatment of chronic and acute asthma in infants, toddlers, school-aged children, and young adults.   This quick reference is perfect to have on hand during evaluation and diagnosis, determination of a treatment course, and communication with patients and parents about asthma triggers, management strategies, a customized treatment plan, and follow-ups.   It includes current approaches to asthma diagnosis and management, office pulmonary testing, clinical index tools, stepped approaches to treatment by age, maintenance and control, exacerbations, medication guidance with updated recommendations, and much more.   CONTENTS INCLUDE * Approach to Evaluation * Diagnosis * Office Pulmonary Function Testing * Exacerbation Assessment * Respiratory Scoring Tools * Classifying Severity by Age * Intervention Overview * NIH/NHLBI Stepwise Approaches to Management * FeNO: NIH/NHLBI Recommendations * GINA Stepped Approaches to Treatment * Maintenance and Control * SABAs * Inhaled Corticosteroids * LABAs and LTRAs * Inhaled Anticholinergic Agents * Systemic Corticosteroids * Anti-immunoglobulin E Therapy * Other Biologics * Trigger Management * Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction * Asthma Control Test * Tobacco Use/Vaping and Asthma * Get Valid Spirometry Results Every Time

This convenient reference provides clinicians with point-of-care guidance on the assessment and treatment of chronic and acute asthma in infants, toddlers, school-aged children, and young adults.

Pediatrics Collections offers what you need to know - original, focused research in a snapshot approach. The Pediatric Collections: Sports Medicine Playbook will increase pediatric providers’ understanding of the injuries that young athletes may incur – including their history, treatment, and prevention. Each section includes a unique expert introduction and they cover such topics as  the benefits of physical activity, injuries, and concerns including concussions. The Sports Medicine Playbook outlines the modern realities of youth athletics, including overall increases in participation, multisport involvement, and the intensity expected of  young participants. These trends have led to an increase in sports-related injuries. Sports injuries in athletes aged 5-24 years result in approximately 2.6 million ED visits each year. This collection arrives timed both for the early stages of the 2021-22 school year as well as a hoped-for return to normal schedules for many athletes and teams whose routines were upended in 2020-21 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

COMSEP, the Council of Medical Student Education in Pediatrics, is a community of pediatric educators committed to supporting each other and delivering excellent pediatric education to medical students.  The articles and commentaries in this Pediatric Collection, titled Enriching Pediatric Learning: A Guidebook for Preceptors, have been written by COMSEP members, and the principles of our organization have driven much of their work. The 35 articles in this Pediatric Collection have been grouped by themes, and together they describe skills and strategies to improve clinical teaching with practical tips that can be put in to use that day with a trainee.  We hope that this Collection, too, will be a practical resource that will support preceptors and educators in their quest to teach, assess, and inspire the medical students with whom they work.

This handy visual aid guides clinicians in discussions with patients and parents about the importance of vaccines, the diseases they help prevent and the various vaccines recommended. The chart includes infographics and clinical images to help illustrate why vaccines remain important in preventing diseases.

Pediatric Collections offers what you need to know - original, focused research in a snapshot approach. Electronic cigarettes are the tobacco products most commonly used by youths in the United States. The use of e-cigarettes, also known as vaping or JUULing, is a public health epidemic that has reached every state, community and neighborhood in the nation and has threatened to wipe out the decades of progress made by public health experts in decreasing tobacco use. This custom collection compiles the most up-to-date information on e-cigarette topics that impact the pediatric population. Its reviews and research will assist pediatric health care providers identify and treat adolescent use and exposure to e-cigarettes.  

This handy visual aid guides clinicians in discussions with patients and parents about the importance of vaccines, the diseases they help prevent and the various vaccines recommended. The chart includes infographics and clinical images to help illustrate why vaccines remain important in preventing diseases. Vaccines covered include influenza, varicella (chickenpox), human papillomavirus infection, polio, meningitis, and much more.   The chart also includes information for health care professionals about the origin and nature of the diseases and current recommendations for vaccine schedules. Topics Include * Consider Simultaneous Administration of Multiple Vaccines for a Happier Visit * Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Acellular Pertussis (DTap, Tdap, Td) * Haemophilus influenzae Type B (Hib) * Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B * Human Papillomavirus Infection * Influenza (Flu) * Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) * Meningitis * Community-acquired Pneumonia * Polio * Rotavirus * Varicella (Chickenpox)  

Being a bully or being bullied can affect a child for the rest of their life. This collection provides the most current information available for health-care providers to work effectively with victims and perpetrators.