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Follow This Advice for First-Listed Dx

Published on Wed Mar 27, 2024

Question: When a new patient comes in to establish care with one of our oncology providers for a history of cancer, can we still code this with Z08 as the primary? The history of cancer code is an unacceptable primary code but it is not technically a follow-up visit either. AAPC Forum Participant Answer: ICD-10-CM guidelines do not state that you shouldn’t [...]
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