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Find Stomach Polyps Personal History Code Here

Published on Mon Aug 25, 2008

Question: What is the code for personal history of stomach polyps?New York SubscriberAnswer: You should use V12.79 (Other digestive diseases) to represent the high-risk personal history. Remember: V codes are your keys to documenting chronic conditions or underlying physical circumstances that can affect a patient's current health status or treatment. Also, you can use V codes as primary diagnoses
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