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5 Quick Examples Ease Your Otitis Media Diagnosis Confusion

Published on Wed Aug 03, 2016

Determine how you’d code these common scenarios. Most pediatric practices can’t let a day pass without logging a diagnosis of otitis media. Ear infections are so common among children that pediatric coders typically have these diagnosis codes committed to memory. However, not every otitis media case is straightforward, and thanks to ICD-10, determining the correct codes to use can be [...]
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