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Get Specific for Hypotony Diagnosis

Published on Fri Nov 20, 2020

Question: A 33-year-old patient presented to our office with hypotony. Which is the right diagnosis code for this? New Jersey Subscriber Answer: Choosing the appropriate ICD-10 code from the H44.4x (Hypotony of eye) category will depend on your ability to determine whether the patient has unspecified hypotony (H44.40) or whether you know more about the condition. It’s up the ophthalmologist [...]
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