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5 Quick Questions Answer All of Your Pressing Gout ICD-10-CM Conundrums

Published on Fri Sep 18, 2020

Hint: The fifth character in a gout Dx code tells you the exact anatomic location. Since ICD-10-CM offers so many diagnosis codes to choose from, it can be difficult to know which ones you should report on specific claims. For example, an overweight patient with hypertension visits your podiatrist complaining of severe pain, swelling, and heat in the joint of [...]
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