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Take Care to Capture to Correct Disorder in this Encounter

Published on Tue Sep 13, 2022

Question: Our pediatrician diagnosed a teenage patient with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. Is this an instance where I’d code both disorders or just one? North Carolina Subscriber Answer: Bipolar disorder includes mania, so there are clearly clinical differences between bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. In this instance though, you would only report bipolar disorder. Here’s why. First, take a [...]
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