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Pulmonology Coding Alert

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When Can You Report Signs, Symptoms?

Published on Thu Jun 07, 2018

Question: Our pulmonologist frequently circles rule-out diagnoses on his charts and then doesn't record a final diagnosis. We have been told not to report rule-out diagnoses, but in this case, what are our options? Codify Subscriber Answer: When your pulmonologist confirms a diagnosis, you have to use that ICD-10 code, according to CMS and ICD-10 regulations. But when your physician [...]
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