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J Codes Reign for Strep and Laryngitis Diagnoses

Published on Mon Sep 14, 2015

Question: How will the laryngitis and strep throat codes change now that ICD-10 is taking over? Answer: Under ICD-10, you’ll use code J04.0 (Acute laryngitis) to report [...]
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