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Old 06-18-2012, 12:45 PM
terrisue terrisue is offline
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Patient is pregnant and diagnosed with drug abuse. Would 646.83 and 305.90 be the correct codes or what about 648.33?

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Old 06-19-2012, 07:02 AM
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Good morning

I would use the 646.83 and the 305.90 beings the dr. isn't stating she is drug dependent.
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Old 06-19-2012, 07:05 AM
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I would use 648.43 with 305.90
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Old 06-19-2012, 08:52 AM
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You are correct Reynardje....it should be 648.43 and the 305.90. Sorry for any misconfusion on this.
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