If a patient is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and is also paralyzed from it do I code both the multiple sclerosis and the paralysis or is the paralysis considered within the multiple sclerosis?
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Wiki Multiple sclerosis
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hthompson
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My reasoning would be that not all patients with MS are paralyzed.
340 Multiple sclerosis 344.9 Paralysis, unspecified
340 Multiple sclerosis 344.9 Paralysis, unspecified