AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2018 Issue 4; Ask the Editor

Excludes1 Instructional Note

We understand that the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide that “an Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note.” However, we have not been able to locate official guidance as to which code should be assigned out of the two codes. Can you help? ...

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