Anesthesia Coding Alert

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Step Up Your ICD-10-CM Sequencing Game With These Trusted Tips

Skipping the Tabular List can cause trouble for you and your patients. Finding the correct diagnosis codes for a case can be hard enough. But you also need to make sure you’re following the rules for putting the codes in the proper order. Even anesthesia coders, who typically report only enough diagnosis codes to indicate the reason for surgery, need [...]
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