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Settle Interoffice Disagreements With Official Documentation

Question: I have a doctor that wants to see in writing where she has to document anywhere in her note, other than the diagnosis code she chose, the specificity of the specific condition. The issue in argument is for hyperlipidemia. She feels as long as her HPI indicates patient has hyperlipidemia and she picks the specific diagnosis code of mixed, that is enough. She said [...]
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