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Knowing the Type of Urinary Incontinence Leads to Better Coding

Published on Thu Apr 14, 2016

Keep this list handy to distinguish between the types. Urinary incontinence (the involuntary leakage of urine) might be a familiar diagnosis in your practice, but that doesn’t mean all the cases are the same. There are many different potential causes of urinary incontinence, and a patient may experience more than one type at a time, according to Maureen Valvo, BSN, [...]
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