Development of a standardized peripheral nerve block procedure note form.
OBJECTIVE
Despite the tremendous growth of peripheral nerve blocks, no standard format exists to document their performance. Our objective was to create a peripheral nerve block form based on key elements of literature evidence and on our own group consensus.


RESULTS
We describe the process and results of our multi-institutional effort to construct a standardized peripheral nerve block procedure form.


CONCLUSIONS
A form was developed to help meet the medical, legal, and billing requirements of documentation consistent with the performance of peripheral nerve block.
Gerancher
J C
JC
Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1009, USA. jgeranch@wfubmc.edu
Viscusi
Eugene R
ER
Liguori
Gregory A
GA
McCartney
Colin J
CJ
Williams
Brian A
BA
Ilfeld
Brian M
BM
Grant
Stuart A
SA
Hebl
James R
JR
Hadzic
Admir
A
D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology