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Weigh the Answers to These Frequently Asked Pediatric BMI Questions

Published on Tue Jan 14, 2020

And take heed of these 3 notes of caution. Coding for a pediatric patient’s body mass index (BMI) isn’t as simple as it looks. Unlike adult BMIs, children’s BMIs are calculated as percentiles relative to their gender and age group. And even when you locate the correct code, knowing when you can, or should, use it can also be pretty [...]
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