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DyllonKazuo

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In outpatient coding, the patient's chief complaint or reason he or she has sought care is the primary diagnosis.
 
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To _________ a code is the process of consulting the Tabular List to read detailed code descriptions, conventions, and instructional notes, and to assign additional specificity.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
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