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Put Your Finger on Correct Digital Nerve Dx

Published on Tue Dec 10, 2019

Question: During a level-two evaluation and management (E/M) service for a new patient, the provider diagnoses a “R digital nerve injury.” What is the correct ICD-10 code for this injury? Washington Subscriber Answer: Your ICD-10 code choice is rather unclear with this information, so you should try to get some more specifics on the patient’s condition before choosing an ICD-10 [...]
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