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Select Dysphagia Codes by Swallowing Phase

Published on Thu Jun 17, 2021

Question: If a provider documents different phases of dysphagia, do you code each phase separately? For example, if the provider documents oral dysphagia and pharyngeal dysphagia, do you provide codes for both? And how do you code for odynophagia? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: The process of swallowing occurs in three phases: Oral phase – food enters the mouth and is [...]
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