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Keep Your Eye on This Neonatal Conjunctivitis Case

Published on Tue Jan 09, 2024

Question: Our pediatrician recently diagnosed a 10-day old patient with bacterial conjunctivitis caused by the gonococcus bacterium. I know it’s bacterial, but there isn’t additional information, so how do I know which one of the H10.- (Conjunctivitis) codes to report? Delaware Subscriber Answer: Conjunctivitis can get tricky, but this bacterium as well as the patient’s age make this case even trickier. That’s [...]
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