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If pt was seen last year for the flu, and sees the same doctor this year for the flu, would you say new problem to examiner add workup, or est prob to examiner worse, just getting back into auditing. thanks
An acute illness ... such as the flu ... is a "new problem" when seen for the first time for this occurrence of th illness.
So even though the patient had the flu last year, the new infection is a new problem (assuming we're not talking about a first visit on 12/28/12, and a F/U visit on 1/03/13).