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Published on Wed Aug 10, 2022

Question: If a patient tells the medical assistant (MA) who rooms the patient that they are experiencing pruritis, but the provider does not include pruritis in his/her note, can we as coders denote L29.8 as one of the diagnosis codes linked to the anatomical region the patient reports itching? I run into this situation often. Illinois Subscriber Answer: You can [...]
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