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Use Pathologist Findings for This Definitive Dx Code

Published on Mon Sep 08, 2025

Question: Are we as coders allowed to code from the lab results? The ordering physician puts the requisition in, we run the labs, but then there’s a hang-up when it comes to assigning a diagnosis because the provider didn’t choose the correct code, or any code at all. Then we have to reach out to receive an approved diagnosis from the [...]
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