AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2005 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Coding and Physician Orders

If a physician provides a telephone or written order for a certain drug, can the coder assign the diagnosis code based on the prescribed drug and the condition it is known to treat without physician documentation of that condition? ...

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