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Sequence Your Diabetic Ulcers and Complications Correctly

Published on Fri Nov 18, 2022

Question: I have a diabetic patient with peripheral angiopathy who has a stage 4 decubitus ulcer on his right heel. The wound has gangrene also. I know coding the condition is complex, but what order should I list the codes in? Since his diabetes is a major contributing factor, does that come first, since it was the likely cause of the [...]
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