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Make Crucial Distinctions Between Excludes 1, 2 Notes

Published on Wed Nov 11, 2020

Question: I am still confused by the Excludes1 and Excludes2 instructions in ICD-10. Can you clarify the difference between them? Iowa Subscriber Answer: Excludes1 and Excludes2 instructions sound like they are similar notes. In fact, they have completely different functions in diagnosis coding. ICD-10 guideline A.12.a. explains that ICD-10 regards an Excludes1 note as a “pure exclusion note.” The note means you [...]
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