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OB Drug Screening Means Being Careful

Published on Tue Oct 17, 2023

Question: Our providers are now performing a qualitative drug screen in our office on all OB patients. I have heard that we should use Z03.89 (Encounter for observation for other suspected diseases and conditions ruled out) as the diagnosis on this as drug dependance is considered a mental condition. Is this the appropriate diagnosis? Also, even if we get a [...]
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