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Old 04-18-2012, 01:18 PM
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Question Fatty Liver
Can you code Fatty Liver and Elevated LFT with 790.6 if the doctor documented this or is it two seperate codes?
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Old 04-18-2012, 02:17 PM
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The fatty liver code is 571.8.
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Old 04-18-2012, 02:48 PM
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