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Here is some sample content from Appropriateness of Procedure:

	PURPOSE: To determine the appropriateness of procedure. POLICY: All patients undergoing operative or other procedures shall undergo an assessment that provides the information necessary to conduct the procedure. PROCEDURE: The patient will be examined by a physician, immediately prior to surgery, to evaluate the risk of the procedure to be performed. A comprehensive history and physical shall be completed within 30 days prior to surgery and updated the day or surgery. The following documentation must be present in the patient's medical record, prior to performing an operative procedure: ...
Second excerpt:
	...to performing an operative procedure: History and physical Clinical Laboratory and other test results Admitting note from the surgeon stating the need for the procedure, which is supported by the history and physical, laboratory and other tests Preprocedure reassessment which documents changes in the patient's status and establishes baselines for monitoring the patient during and post procedure SUBJECT:APPROPRIATENESS OF PROCEDUREREFERENCE #2008PAGE: 1DEPARTMENT: AMBULATORY CARE...