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Tune Into These Tried-and-True Tonsillitis Coding Tips

Published on Mon Jan 16, 2023

Plus: Learn how to code the difference between inflamed and enlarged. Tonsillitis seems to pop up in greater numbers during the winter months, and your family medicine practice is probably seeing more patients presenting with the condition right about now. Providers define tonsillitis as inflammation of the tonsils, which causes a sore throat and pain when swallowing. This kind of [...]
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