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Help Yourself To These New Histoplasmosis Codes

Published on Fri May 16, 2014

Overlooking symptoms could cost you major dollars. Histoplasmosis (B39.-) is caused by breathing in spores from a fungus found in bat or bird droppings. A person gets infected when he or she inhales this fungus into the lungs when the fungus is airborne. Although lungs are most common site of infection, other organs also sometimes get infected. ICD-9: Right now, [...]
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