TheStephCode
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Does anyone have a technical explanation or even a guesstimate as to why ICD-10-CM guidelines prohibit hyperlipidemia (E78.5) and prediabetes (R73.09) to be coded together?
Abnormal findings on exam of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
EXCLUDES1 lipids (E78.-)
Our physicians are asking why this guideline exists and I would like an answer more savvy than "I don't know, I didn't write the guidelines"!
Abnormal findings on exam of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
EXCLUDES1 lipids (E78.-)
Our physicians are asking why this guideline exists and I would like an answer more savvy than "I don't know, I didn't write the guidelines"!
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