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anhsu anhsu
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5 years ago

Question 1.

If a patient has chronic pain but there is no time frame that defines when the pain became chronic, what would you do?



▸ contact the patient for clarification

▸ query the physician

▸ use the date of the last encounter as the date of onset

▸ use two weeks as a default time frame

Question 2.

What should you do when a patient has bilateral glaucoma and the physician documents that each eye has the same type and stage?



▸ code the glaucoma type once, and the glaucoma stage twice

▸ code the glaucoma type twice, and the glaucoma stage once

▸ code the glaucoma type once, and the glaucoma stage once

▸ code the glaucoma type twice, and the glaucoma stage twice
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