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kwoodring

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During spirometry, the use of a nose clip helps ________ the patient's efforts on sealing their lips around the mouthpiece to get the best results.
 
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Imagine you are coding a patient's visit and you cannot tell from the medical record exactly what procedure the physician performed. How would you go about obtaining this information?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Determining the proper procedure code may require a search through the patient's medical record. If the medical record is not entirely clear as to the correct procedure code to choose, the physician should be consulted.


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Wow, this really help

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