Reader Questions:
Use This Excludes1 Guidance to Resolve Double Dx Dilemma
Published on Wed Nov 04, 2020
Question: In the Reader Question “Understand This Difference Between Excludes1 and Excludes2,” published in ICD-10 Coding Alert Volume 10 Number 10, you stated that “per the Excludes1 note that accompanies H65.1- (Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media), you cannot code H66.9- (Otitis media, unspecified) as the two conditions are mutually exclusive.” My question is: if the two diagnoses are reported at [...]