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Handle Diagnosis Code Sequencing Conflicts Correctly

Published on Wed Oct 01, 2014

Tip: Be sure your policy on correcting diagnosis coding is crystal clear. Can you override the assessing clinician who chooses a manifestation code as primary? Suppose you are reviewing a start of care (SOC) assessment, for a patient who is receiving wound care from your agency for a chronic diabetic ulcer on the right heel. The diagnosis code in M1020 [...]
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