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Can You Code This Laceration Encounter?

Published on Wed Apr 07, 2021

Question: A 36-year-old patient with diabetes presented to the ED noting that she had dropped a knife on her right pinky toe, cutting the top of her toe while chopping carrots. She waited two days before coming into the ED. The physician evaluated her swollen, red, and painful toe, which had pus coming from it. The patient did not sustain [...]
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