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Know Mild, Persistent to Differentiate Between Anxiety Types

Published on Wed Dec 06, 2017

Question: Our ED physician treated a patient with insomnia and documented "anxiety depression." The provider has also notes that the patient said she has experienced the anxiety depression disorder a number of times in the last few months. What codes should we use to record this encounter? Michigan Subscriber Answer: Use this ICD-10 coding advice to paint the most accurate [...]
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