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No Dx? No Problem! Abdominal Pain Coding in Four Easy Steps

Published on Wed Sep 13, 2017

Substantiate symptoms and signs of stomach suffering with this guide. A patient presents with abdominal pain. After a thorough exam, your physician documents the symptoms but is unable to come up with a specific diagnosis. What next? Follow this step-by-step guide to report abdominal pain to the highest level of specificity when the diagnosis remains unclear. Step 1: Look to [...]
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