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ICD-10 Update:

Get Set For More Specific Reporting Options For Influenza With J10 and J11

Published on Wed May 07, 2014

Hint: Use manifestations in documentation to arrive at the apt diagnosis code. When your FP diagnoses influenza, check in patient documentation for type of influenza virus and the various manifestations as these factors influence the code that you will choose. You have more specific reporting choices with ICD-10 than you did when reporting the condition with the ICD-9 system of [...]
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