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This is from the 2012 Medical Coding step by step textbook... Chapter 28 Radiology
A new patient had a variety of complaints, but in particular a swelling and heaviness of his right leg. The physician's working diagnosis is edema of the lower extremity, cause to be determined.
For the ICD code, do you code the symptoms or the "working diagnosis"?
A new patient had a variety of complaints, but in particular a swelling and heaviness of his right leg. The physician's working diagnosis is edema of the lower extremity, cause to be determined.
For the ICD code, do you code the symptoms or the "working diagnosis"?