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Conquer your COPD Coding with These Helpful Tips

Published on Mon May 14, 2018

Choose the appropriate diagnosis after reading the case. Although most otolaryngology practices see chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients somewhat frequently, that doesn't mean each diagnosis code is the same. In fact, for every three COPD patients you see, you may report three different ICD-10 code combinations, depending on the subtleties among the patients' conditions. Check out the following three [...]
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