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Can You Report COPD and Chronic Bronchitis Together?

Published on Fri Feb 28, 2025

Question: I have a medical report for an encounter with an established patient. The pulmonologist documented that the patient has both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and simple chronic bronchitis. Can you help me determine which diagnosis codes to report? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: This is a unique situation where we need to examine the Excludes notes for each condition. Parent [...]
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