Reader Question: Deflect the Default in This Tonsillitis Encounter
Pediatric Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Deflect the Default in This Tonsillitis Encounter
Published on Fri Dec 09, 2022
Question: A patient came in with swollen glands and inflamed tonsils, and my pediatrician diagnosed acute tonsillitis. Our electronic medical records (EMRs) tend to default to [...]
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