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Get Your Footing With Pes Planus Dx

Published on Thu Aug 21, 2025

Question: A patient came in to see a provider due to foot pain. The provider listed “pes planus” as the diagnosis. When I look up that phrase in the ICD-10-CM code book, there’s an Excludes1 note for the congenital version of the condition. How do I know which code to pick? Montana Subscriber Answer: In a situation like this, you’re [...]
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