If a provider dx a patient with influenza prophylaxis and patient did not get any medicine nor injection for the influenza, what would be the correct code?
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Wiki influenza phophylaxis
- Thread starter thomasina.lindsey@choctaw.org
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Amy Pritchett
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No. The patient has to have been given the prophylaxis to have the diagnosis of prophylaxis. The correct codes would be any signs/symptoms of definitive diagnosis of the patient when seen.
Hope this helps
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