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Dx Coding for Chest/Throat Maladies

Published on Fri Feb 10, 2023

Question: Encounter notes indicate the physician diagnosed a patient with arterial bruit. How do I choose a diagnosis code for this condition? Maine Subscriber Answer: The arterial bruit diagnosis maps to an ICD-10 code that serves at least eight different named conditions. On the claim, you should include R09.89 (Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems) to represent [...]
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