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You May Need to Apply this Dx After the Fact

Published on Wed Jul 08, 2020

Question: Our pulmonologist saw a patient in the hospital who had a suspected case of COVID-19, and we treated the patient for a collapsed lung. We found out after the patient had been discharged that he had indeed tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Which diagnosis code do we report? Arizona Subscriber Answer: You’ll use the COVID-19 code as your primary diagnosis, [...]
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