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Confirm Active COVID-19 Infection to Use Dx

Published on Wed Jul 08, 2020

Question: We treated a coronavirus patient in the hospital and he later went home after recovering from the disease. He came to our practice for a follow-up, complaining of a feeling of being constantly tired, and the clinician diagnosed him with low iron levels and generalized weakness. Do we use the COVID-19 code for this visit? California Subscriber Answer: No, if the [...]
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