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Hone in on Proper Migraine Diagnoses With 4th-Character Smarts

Published on Wed Apr 20, 2016

Here’s why character No. 4 is the major player for migraines. Getting a bead on the proper diagnosis code for your E/M services was hard enough with ICD-9, but ICD-10 makes things even more challenging with an explosion of more specific codes for migraine headaches. Benefit: Despite the challenges, ICD-10 is certainly a benefit both to patient and provider: More [...]
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