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Take These 4 Steps to Master Diabetic Retinopathy Dx Coding

Don’t forget to test yourself at the end. The most severe complications of diabetes are created by the damage the disease causes to the body’s blood vessels. The disease inflames, oxidizes, and damages them to the point where they can hemorrhage and, ultimately, fail. This is especially true of the smaller blood vessels in the body, such as those in [...]
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