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    Wiki Dx Coding for Hydrocephalus Patients

    After reviewing below scenario, how would you code and sequence the diagnoses? - Would you code the symptoms first and then the hydrocephalus (headache-R51, nausea-R11.0, hydrocephalus-Q03.9)? Or instead of coding the hydrocephalus, code the presence of the CSF shunt (R51, R11.0, Z98.2)...
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