ICD-9 code 066.49 for West Nile Fever with other complications is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRAL DISEASES (060-066).
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Do you mean the Physician Assistants? (Licensed Physician Assistants)? Why would you list a PA as a supervising MD and also as a rendering MD?
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PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS(ES):
1. Ultra Sound documented Seroma left breast
2. Probable Seroma Right breast
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When using the code for tick fever, does the 900 code and the E code also need to be reported, or is that being redundent. 066.1, 9104, E9064
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