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Spice Up Your Conjunctivitis Coding

Published on Tue May 27, 2025

Question: A patient presented with severe pain, redness, and excessive tear production in both eyes. The patient stated they were eating chicken wings, and they accidentally rubbed their eyes with the hot sauce still on their hands. The physician diagnosed the patient with bilateral acute toxic conjunctivitis due to the hot sauce. What diagnosis codes should I assign? Nebraska Subscriber [...]
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