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Use Abnormal Finding Code With Mixed Well-Child Results

Published on Tue Dec 18, 2018

Question: Our provider saw a 6-year-old patient for a 99393 well-child check. At the encounter, the physician administered a hemoglobin check, which came back normal. However, during the exam, the doctor noticed that the child was wheezing, and the child’s mother noted that there was a family history of asthma and other respiratory diseases. Should I code the hemoglobin test [...]
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