Pulmonology Coding Alert
Unclog Confusion When Coding Bronchitis
Question: Florida Subscriber Answer: -- The answers to the Reader Questions and You Be the Coder were provided and reviewed by Alan L. Plummer, MD, professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary, allergy, and critical care at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta; and Carol Pohlig, BSN, RN, CPC, ASC, senior coding and education specialist at the University of Pennsylvania department of medicine in Philadelphia.
Pulmonology Coding Alert
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Unclog Confusion When Coding Bronchitis
Question: If the doctor says "acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis," wouldn't it be better to [...]
