kissie
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I have a patient that came to the ER and the Dr's DX is Bronchitis with bronchospasm and his symptoms starte a week ago, would this be considered ACUTE CODE 466.0?
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Wiki unspecified vs acut in ER
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chron·ic
adj \ˈkrä-nik\
Definition of CHRONIC
1
a : marked by long duration or frequent recurrence : not acute <chronic indigestion> <chronic experiments>
Since the time frame mentioned in our post is only a week, I believe that is considered acute.
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adj \ˈkrä-nik\
Definition of CHRONIC
1
a : marked by long duration or frequent recurrence : not acute <chronic indigestion> <chronic experiments>
Since the time frame mentioned in our post is only a week, I believe that is considered acute.
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