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Learn What to Do When Excludes1 Notes Exclude Multiple Codes

Published on Tue Feb 06, 2024

Question: I have a report where the pulmonologist diagnosed the patient with unspecified acute upper and lower respiratory infections. I attempted to use J06.9 and J22 together, but I noticed both codes have Excludes1 notes that exclude the other code. How do I report the diagnoses? Colorado Subscriber Answer: This is quite the conundrum! For this situation, you’ll assign J22 (Unspecified acute [...]
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