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Cling to Clinical Significance for Alcohol Use Reporting

Published on Fri Feb 17, 2023

Question: The provider recently documented occasional alcohol use in the social history section of the patient’s medical record. Is this a situation where I’d use the new code for unspecified alcohol use, F10.90? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: In this situation, there doesn’t immediately seem to be a reason to code F10.90 (Alcohol use, unspecified, uncomplicated), but it’s hard to know for sure [...]
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