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diabetic combo codes

  1. MeanderingMichigander

    Wiki Diabetes with PVD (vs) peripheral angiopathy

    I'm trying to determine if DM2 with peripheral angiopathy without gangrene (E11.51) is the same as (or, actually, is more appropriate coding for) DM2 with perhipheral vascular disease, unspecified (E11.69, I73.9). In researching these and reviewing synonyms, etc., on several different sites, it...
  2. N

    Wiki Diabetic combination codes

    If you have a diabetic patient who is hypertensive, with stage 3 kidney disease, is the assumption still that the kidney disease is related to the hypertension? If so, would I still bill the diabetes with renal manifestations? Does the provider have to link the chronic kidney disease to the...
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