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Don’t Forget to Check Excludes1 Notes

Published on Thu Jun 26, 2025

Question: A provider diagnosed a 3-week-old patient with an unspecified tachycardia, and I reported R00.0. When I’ve reported this code on claims in the past, they’re usually paid, but this one was denied. Is there a better code to use? Maryland Subscriber Answer: If you look at the ICD-10-CM Tabular List for R00.0 (Tachycardia, unspecified) you’ll see an Excludes1 note [...]
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