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Get to Know Dx for Diabetes 1.5

Published on Wed Feb 03, 2021

Question: Our provider recently documented a patient as having both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. I have heard of this being called diabetes 1.5, but I cannot find an ICD-10 code for it. Can you shed any light on the condition? Maine Subscriber Answer: Diabetes 1.5, also known as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), is a condition that [...]
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