In the past, I had been told about the "HOG" rule when coding for diabetes...that hypoglycemia, osteomyelitis and gangrene in diabetic patients are assumed to be complications. Today, I was told to add Impotence to that list but I cannot find any information to confirm this. Can anybody help me?
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Wiki Impotence and Diabetes
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mitchellde
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You cannot assume any complication with diabetes they must be stated as causal to the diabetes by the provider, check the coding guidelines on diabetes.