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Eradicate Errors by Filling in These Diagnosis Code Blanks

Published on Thu Jun 03, 2010

Find out if you can report an E code as a primary diagnosis.Sometimes it may seem as if there's an ICD-9 code for everything, but it can be difficult to find the one you're looking for when you need it. Grab your ICD-9 manual and test your coding skills by filling in the codes for this life story. The answers appear below the quiz.My life began on a sunny November morning when I was born to my wonderful parents. Shortly after my birth, I was diagnosed with shoulder subluxation (Dx 1: _____) and neonatal brachial plexus palsy (Dx 2: __).I was an avid tree climber as a child, and I fell out of a tree once (E code Dx 3:____), which caused a Colles fracture (Dx 4: _____) and a closed tibia shaft fracture (Dx 5: ___).I got my first job at the age of 17, when I worked as [...]
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