jill:
defamation of character for the icd-9 codes? now this is seomthing that i am dying to know what u guys used!
He had been previously diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia from a hospital psych stay, and Dr. diagnosed him with bipolar disorder which then printed out on his progress note, along with the MA's name because I had originally set up the timecode stamp system so doctor would know who brought the pt in, etc. He called us immediately after leaving and began to threaten staff (specifically the MA) with physical harm and then sued us for defamation of character when we discharged him from the practice. He has three other suits going against two previous PCPs and one hospital for the same reason. All this happened in one month's time, too. He's a character!
