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ICD-10 Update:

Enjoy Simple Crossover For Single Episodic Major Depressive Disorder

Published on Tue Aug 05, 2014

Hint: Use different code sets when the diagnosis is recurrent episodes of MDD. When your FP diagnoses single episodes of major depressive disorder, you’ll report it in ICD-10 in a similar way to what you did in ICD-9. You’ll have to base your code selection depending on the severity of the symptoms, presence of psychotic behavior, and knowing whether or [...]
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