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Scratch Below the Surface of This Cellulitis Encounter

Published on Fri Jun 09, 2023

Question: Our provider saw an established 6-year-old patient who had been scratching a mosquito bite for several days. The patient presents with a slight fever and a red, blistered area on the back of their right hand. Pus is seen coming out from the infected bite. The provider diagnosed the patient with cellulitis caused by a staph-infected mosquito bite. Which ICD-10 [...]
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