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Your Diagnoses Will Prop Up Your G Codes for High Risk Colonoscopies

Published on Mon Apr 04, 2016

A hemorrhoid’s location should lead you to the appropriate ICD-10. Want to get your hemorrhoid report right and stress-free? You can start by knowing the difference between internal and external hemorrhoids, but you can learn more from this sample physician’s report: PREPROCEDURE DIAGNOSIS: History of colon polyps and partial colon resection, right colon. POSTPROCEDURE DIAGNOSES: 1. Normal operative site. 2. [...]
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