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Apply This Advice to Avoid Seventh Character Confusion
Published on Fri Nov 16, 2018
Question: I am confused about the use of seventh characters when our provider removes sutures placed by another facility. As this is the first time we are seeing the patient, do I code this as an initial encounter? Or should this be coded as a subsequent encounter as the patient has already sought treatment for the problem? And when would [...]