Pediatric Coding Alert

ICD-10:

Will You Be Able to Code These 3 Pediatric Case Studies in October?

Hint: Signs and symptoms codes may change, but the rules won’t. It’s a common sight at pediatric visits—the patient comes in with a suspected diagnosis, but the pediatrician finds that the patient doesn’t actually have the illness in question, despite having symptoms. If you’re puzzled about how you’ll report this when ICD-10 hits, you can relax—because you’ll continue using the [...]
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