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Help! 299.0x - Not a PDx?

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Can someone tell me if code 299.0x cannot be used as a principal dx anymore? Doctor wrote Autism d/o as the principal....
 
In the ICD9 (2009) book 299.0X id a CC there is no note that stats this cannot not be use as a PDX
I would use as a PDX in warranted
Robin Ingalls-Fitzgerald CCS, CPC, FCS, CEMC, CEDC
 
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