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Elevated HCG May Indicate This Diagnosis

Published on Tue Sep 12, 2023

Question: I need a diagnosis code for positive human chronic gonadotropin (HCG) four weeks after an abortion. The ultrasound showed no gestational sac. California Subscriber Answer: You can try reporting Z32.00 (Encounter for pregnancy test, result unknown). You shouldn’t use any diagnoses from the O04.- (Complications following (induced) termination of pregnancy) code category, because this is not a complication of the abortion. [...]
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