Guidelines:
Get the Answers to Your Frequently Asked Excludes Questions
Published on Wed Jul 26, 2023
Know what should — and what should not — be included. If you are confused about the Excludes notes in ICD-10-CM, you are not alone. Part of the problem lies in the fact that Excludes1 and Excludes2 sound like they are similar instructions, but they have completely different functions in diagnosis coding. Get those functions wrong, and you could be [...]