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See How Ordering Dx Focuses Drug Test Procedure

Published on Fri Jan 13, 2023

Study this case to understand drug toxicity diagnoses. When your lab receives a request for drug testing, the ordering diagnosis may help you understand that a test is for diagnostic rather than screening purposes. The following case gives a picture of how an ICD-10-CM code represents why the physician is ordering a specific test. Clinical example: The clinician orders a [...]
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