tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2005 Issue 10

Correction: Diabetes

In the August 2005 issue of ED Coding Alert, the article "Clear 5th-Digit DM Obstacles With These Rules of Thumb" contained a mistake. Under the heading "Control Your Conclusions," Dr. Garry Huff was cited as saying that "uncontrolled" and "poorly controlled" are synonymous when describing diabetes. In fact, Dr. Huff says these terms are not synonymous. The article should have stated that while doctors may use the terms "uncontrolled" and "poorly controlled" interchangeably, they are not synonymous, according to Huff. But the terms "uncontrolled" and "out of control" are synonymous, he says.We regret the misquote, and...

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