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Don't Overlook Secondary Diagnoses Such as Gestational Diabetes

Published on Thu Apr 20, 2017

You might be able to bump up P code assignment as well. When coding for anesthesia during labor and delivery, it's important to also be aware of underlying diagnoses that could affect how your provider administers anesthesia – and how you code for it. One diagnosis that saw several changes for 2017 is gestational diabetes. "Changes to the gestational diabetes [...]
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