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Follow Documentation for Croup Cases

Published on Fri Oct 24, 2025

Question: A pediatric patient presents for a barking cough, stridor, and fever. In the documentation, the provider listed croup as a diagnosis. Do I code the coughing, stridor, and fever symptoms or just the croup? Minnesota Subscriber Answer: You can search the ICD-10-CM book for croup, which will lead you to Croup, croupous (catarrhal)(infection)(inflammatory)(nondiphtheritic) J05.0, from which you can navigate [...]
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