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When you code something like Acute vaginitis and it says to need to code an additional code to identify infectious agent-What if you don't know???? Do you have to code an additional code
Infectious conditions the provider is allowed to diagnose without the benefit of laboratory or other study. So if the is no culture you can have no organism.