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Diagnosis Spotlight:

Focus on Pneumonia Cause to Code Accurately

Published on Tue Aug 03, 2021

Experts say a diagnosis is not enough, in and of itself. When you see a pneumonia diagnosis, you know there are more than 50 codes in the J12-J18.9 range. Are you doing the necessary sleuthing to find out what caused the patient’s pneumonia? That information is crucial to choosing the correct pneumonia diagnosis code. During the investigative phase of testing, [...]
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