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Utilize These Tips to Navigate a Nosebleed Encounter

Published on Fri Apr 21, 2023

Sometimes, an E/M encounter may incorporate a repair. Coders need to know how to choose the right code when reporting a doctor’s repair of a nosebleed in an emergency department (ED) encounter. A nosebleed, also called epistaxis, is represented by several codes, and knowing which to choose and in which circumstance is crucial to coding the encounter. Find out how [...]
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