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Review 2 Cases to Polish Your Pressure Ulcer Coding Skills

Published on Fri Feb 28, 2025

Coding the 6th character is a must. When your general surgeon treats a patient with a pressure ulcer, you will encounter numerous options as you strive to refine the diagnosis and procedure coding. We’ll look at one case together, reviewing the step-by-step process used to choose the most precise codes that represent both your surgeon’s work and the patient’s medical [...]
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