Reader Question: Use Separate Codes for Separate Encounters in this COPD Scenario
Primary Care Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Use Separate Codes for Separate Encounters in this COPD Scenario
Published on Wed Feb 21, 2018
Question: A couple of months ago, our provider saw a patient and provided a diagnosis of acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with mild intermittent [...]
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