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Up Your Bulimia Coding Know-How

Published on Tue May 07, 2024

Question: Our pediatrician diagnosed a teenaged patient with binge-eating disorder. Should I code that as bulimia or query the pediatrician? Idaho Subscriber Answer: The pediatrician likely would have documented the term, “bulimia” or “bulimia nervosa,” in the notes if that was the diagnosis. Binge-eating disorder is its own condition and therefore has a different code. Bulimia nervosa is characterized by the consumption [...]
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