For patient-supplied medications, the practice doesn't bill the J-code since the drug wasn't supplied by the practice, but the drug name and dosage must be documented in Box 19 on the CMS-1500 or in the equivalent 837P field
Its much more realistic to expect the first weight loss and blood sugar changes within one to three months, and appetite suppression and reduced hunger cues within the first week
For anthropometric measurements (height, weight, BMI), we created a unified vocabulary from SNOMED ( and LOINC ( terminologies and matched EHR measurement descriptions using standardized text matching algorithms with abbreviation expansion and synonym resolution
Most importantly, do shrinking muscles mean weaker muscles
Confusion, dizziness, or fainting