ICD-10-CM Coding:
Reduce Denials by Brushing Up on Excludes1 and Excludes2 Notes
Published on Wed Feb 05, 2025
Do you know the difference between an Excludes1 note and an Excludes2 note? Sometimes, it is simply impossible for a patient to have two diagnoses, and therefore two applicable codes, together at the same time. A tumor cannot be both malignant and benign. An exam cannot yield both normal and abnormal findings. One person cannot have both acute and chronic [...]
