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If a physician sees a patient (in any setting) and evaluates the patient’s sick sinus syndrome (SSS) or other significant heart rhythm abnormality, is it appropriate to assign a code for the spec...
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A 72-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema presents due to COPD exacerbation. The Alphabetic Index leads coding professionals to code J44.1, Chr...
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A patient with emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is admitted for treatment of acute bronchitis and COPD. There is no mention of chronic bronchitis. ICD-10-CM’s Index refe...
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A patient with emphysema presents due to asthma and COPD. When you reference asthma with COPD, the Index refers coding professionals to code J44.9, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecifie...
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