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Wiki Eye sight lost due to shingles

Thread starter FractalMind
Start date May 1, 2013

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FractalMind

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May 1, 2013

"Patient lost left eye sight secondary to shingles" is documented on the ROS...this would be a satus/history code...

I only came up with 369.8 for the visual loss but found 139.8 or 053.29-->which I doubt because this is history, not a current condition...

Last edited: May 1, 2013

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