Primary Care Coding Alert

Mythbusters:

Bust These 4 Myths for Signs and Symptoms Coding Success

Know when, and when not, to use these commonly used codes. You know that Chapter 18 in ICD-10 is the go-to chapter for Symptoms, Signs, and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified. You routinely comb through the chapter when your provider doesn’t provide a definitive diagnosis for a patient’s conditions but notes the patient’s current complaint(s). But how [...]
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