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Primer on Diabetic Foot Ulcer Coding

Published on Mon Feb 27, 2017

A how-to guide on successfully coding DFUs under ICD-10 Diabetes and diabetic wounds are on a rapid, linear growth with no signs of plateauing, making early diagnosis and treatment essential. In order to prevent denials, you need to ace ICD-10 coding for these conditions. A 2014 CDC report estimates that 29.1 million people in America (9.3 percent of the population) [...]
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