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Wiki metal on metal blood poisoning

Thread starter 2006DoraS
Start date Jan 22, 2015

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2006DoraS

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Jan 22, 2015

I am coding HCC codes; and have a member who has "metal on metal blood poisoning from right artificial hop socket"; is this a complication from an internal joint prothesis 996.77? or a metal poisoning 989.4? or something else?

Thanks in advance!
Dora Stubblefield, CPC

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