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Prepare for Detailed Coding for Acute DVT in 2014

Published on Wed Dec 04, 2013

Laterality is your guide to the best DVT code. Coding for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in ICD-10-CM will require attention to detail such as which vein in specific was involved and on which side. To make things easy, just adopt this simple strategic approach. Diagnosis refresher: A thrombosis is a solid mass that forms locally in a vessel causing an [...]
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