medcode1
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I am being told that if documentation has diabetes with neuropathy (E11.40) and diabetes with gastroparesis (E11.43), then E11.43 is the higher specificity and only code that (I do risk adjustment). I thought neuropathy and gastroparesis were two different diagnosis therefore both would be coded. Can anyone please confirm the correct way to code these diagnosis when found in the same note and why it should be coded that way?