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Diagnosis Deep Dive:

Assign Tachycardia Codes Without Missing a Beat

Published on Tue Apr 11, 2023

Hint: Use atrial rate to distinguish typical from atypical atrial flutter. When you come across documentation of tachycardia, arriving at the right code can be challenging because ICD-10-CM offers a slew of different options to enable maximum specificity. You’ll need to know several key facts before you can code your claim. To ensure you’re up to speed on how to [...]
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