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We had a patient that had a job physical and on this physical the doctor said he felt a hernia. The patient came to us for a second opinion. He was having no pain at all. We did not find a hernia. What diagnosis would I use?
 
mmelcam said:
We had a patient that had a job physical and on this physical the doctor said he felt a hernia. The patient came to us for a second opinion. He was having no pain at all. We did not find a hernia. What diagnosis would I use?
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Take a look at V71.89 (obs/eval for other suspected conditions; other specified conditions) as your first dx, with V65.5 (person w/feared complaint in whom no dx was made) as your second dx (V71.89 is ok as 1st dx, but V65.5 cannot be 1st dx, however it completes "the story").
 
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