Documentation Flashcards
SOAP
Subjective
Objective
Assessment
Plan of Care
Subjective
Primary complaint
Activity and participation as identified by the patient
Reason for referral
Objective
Qualitative and Quantitative
ROM, MMT, quality of movement, pain ratings
Innerventions
Assessment
Impairment based diagnosis
Interpretation and summary of findings
Reports the need for skilled physical therapy intervention
Goals and prognosis
Plan of Care
How often you will see them
What the patient will be doing
When a reassessment will reoccur
Communication of Care
Education
PT Interventions
Goal of intervention
Impairment goals
Activity goals
Participation goals
Goal of Prognosis
Timeline
ID contextual factors
Likelihood of acheiving goals of caree
What is the purpose of documentation?
- Communitation tool for continuity of care (What exercises are they doing?, what are their symptoms like?, etc.)
- Clinical Decision Making
- Explain rationale for treatment
- Justify Skilled Care (PT vs others ex: OT)
Types of Documentation
- Initial Evaluation
- Session Note
- Re-evaluation or progress note
- Re-evalutation without a scheduled follow up appt (discharge)
Initial Evaluation
- Required at the onset
- Written by the PT
- Reason for Referral: Health Condition
- Goals of Intervention
- SOAP
Session Note
- Written by a PT OR PTA
- SOAP
Progress Note
- Written by PT
- SOAP
- Updates on impairments and activities
- Reexamination
Progress note without a scheduled follow up (discharge)
- Written by PT
- SOAP
- Recommendation for home exercise program
- Plan to follow up with patient (You call to follow up or they call and update)
Hand Written Documentation Requirements
- Must be black and blue ink
- Write legibly (Can be denied if not)
- Legal Doc must be able to defend what your write
Two ways to document medical necessity
- Document functional regression has occurred (Ex: Knee Surgery)
- Document that without skille dintervention function will decline (Ex: Parkinsons)