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Heed This ICD-10-CM Coding Tip on Listing Conditions

Published on Tue Oct 04, 2022

Question: When preparing a claim, should you enter the diagnosis code only for the condition the physician is treating? Or should you list all the current conditions that the patient is experiencing? Washington Subscriber Answer: The answer to this question is open to interpretation. ICD-10 Official Guidelines, Section IV.J, tells you to “code all documented conditions that coexist at the time of [...]
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