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anshika

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When both a confirmed diagnosis and an unrelated symptom are equally responsible for services provided:
 
  a. always sequence the confirmed diagnosis.
  b. always sequence the unrelated symptom first.
  c. sequence either code first.
  d. query the provider to ask which to sequence first.

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According to the OGCR, if the physician documents a symptom followed by two contrasting diagnoses, the coder should:
 
  a. code just the two contrasting diagnoses.
   b. sequence the symptom first, followed by any/all contrasting diagnoses.
  c. query the provider to ask which of the contrasting diagnoses is the principal/first listed diagnosis.
   d. code only the two contrasting diagnoses
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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
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anshika

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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