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Confused by Dermatitis Codes? Here Are 3 Things to Remember

Published on Thu Feb 20, 2020

Understand contact type and synonyms for success. When it comes to coding dermatitis, there’s plenty of confusion to go around. The profusion of synonyms, and the interchangeability of the key terms “dermatitis” and “eczema,” can make pinpointing the exact diagnosis codes next to impossible. But if you remember these three important things the next time you comb through your provider’s [...]
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