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Keep These Codes Close in This Adverse Chemo Effect Scenario

Published on Wed Oct 26, 2022

Hint: Know your T36-T50 definitions. Patients reporting to your oncologist with adverse reactions to their chemotherapy are commonplace. But describing this situation isn’t as simple as just applying a code from T36-T50 (Poisoning by, adverse effects of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances). Medical terminology, ICD-10-CM coding guidelines, and even an understanding of conditions and their symptoms all [...]
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