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ICD-10 Essentials:

Heed Excludes1 Notes For Clean Claims

Published on Mon Apr 15, 2019

Turn to the latest Coding Clinic for clarification. Maybe you groan when you turn to an ICD-10-CM code and spot an Excludes1 note. You know the note means you’ll have to dig deeper to code the case correctly, but if you don’t really know how, you’re in good company. “Coding Excludes1 notes has been a controversial topic among many hospitals [...]
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