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Pickwickean Syndrome; World Obesity Day; ICD-10-CM; The Pickwick Papers; Charles Dickens

What is Pickwickean Syndrome?

3 min readMost eponymous diseases are named after the person who first described the condition: think Addison disease, Huntington’s disease, and Alzhe...

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Medical Coding; HCPCS; ICD-10-CM; ICD-10-PCS

What Is Medical Coding?

5 min readThe medical coding systems currently used in the United States are ICD-10-CM/PCS and HCPCS (Level I CPT codes and Level II National Codes). ...