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Wiki Consistent with coding
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MnTwins29
True Blue
Not a definitive diagnosis
No - per Coding Clinic, third quarter 2005, terms like "compatible with" and "consistent with" fit the definition of a probable or suspected condition and therefore, the condition cannot be coded in an outpatient or office setting.
(I posted this same answer when you asked the same question in the diagnosis coding forum)
No - per Coding Clinic, third quarter 2005, terms like "compatible with" and "consistent with" fit the definition of a probable or suspected condition and therefore, the condition cannot be coded in an outpatient or office setting.
(I posted this same answer when you asked the same question in the diagnosis coding forum)