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Can You Code This Critical Care Scenario?

Published on Tue Jun 14, 2022

Question: Our physician met an established patient with severe laryngeal bleeding in the emergency department (ED) of the hospital. The physician could not pinpoint the origin of the bleeding right away, and the bleeding posed an imminent risk to the patient’s health. The doctor saw the patient, conducted tests, analyzed results, and consulted with other physicians. The entire visit took 62 [...]
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