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    Wiki Injury Code As Primary Hospice Diagnosis

    Admitting a new patient to Hospice under the primary diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury. Looking for input on the seventh character. As he was already seen at the hospital for this (and is not receiving further treatment due to Hospice admission) I'm hesitant to use "A" as the seventh...
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    Wiki Help with dog bite dx coding, please

    I have a patient who was seen in the ED and diagnosed with a dog bite of the right lower limb. The ED will use S91.351A as the accident code. Two days later the patient has presented again and been placed in observation but has now been diagnosed with cellulitis to the area of the bite. I...
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