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Can You Code These Constipation Encounters?

Published on Thu May 19, 2022

Practice identifying the nuances of coding this common yet complex condition Frequent constipation results in 2.5 million doctor visits each year, and it’s estimated that about 4 million people in the United States suffer from it, according to John Hopkins Medicine. Common codes aren’t always straight-forward though, since the condition can occur under so many different circumstances. [...]
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