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Apply These Laterality, Episode of Care, Tips For Pediatric Presentations

It’s Not Just Your P’s and Q’s That Need Minding Under ICD-10, Keep An Eye On Your A’s, D’s, S’s and W’s To Get the Needed Specificity for Your Diagnosis Choice Expanding the diagnosis code set from a maximum of five characters in ICD-9 to seven characters in ICD-10 allows for specificity in the areas such as laterality and episode [...]
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