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ICD-10:

Don't Let 'Medical Necessity' Gap Undermine GI Surgery Pay

Published on Thu Mar 15, 2018

Focus coding for reported symptoms and final diagnoses. When your general surgeon takes a case for gastro-intestinal surgery, you can't afford to miss the diagnosis code that most accurately describes the condition - and ensures appropriate procedure pay. Because the surgeon or the referring clinician may describe symptoms that are the indication for surgery, you'll need to be able to [...]
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