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Find Out If a Mucus Plug is a Foreign Body

Published on Tue May 07, 2024

Question: The medical report I have lists the diagnosis as hypoxia due to a mucus plug in the respiratory system. I can never remember if I should use a foreign body code or an excessive sputum code to report the mucus plug. Could you please help me? Colorado Subscriber Answer: You’ll need to assign a code for the patient’s hypoxia for this [...]
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