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Jul 22nd, 2011 - coshop
leaving hosp before work up is completed
can a sympton be coded as the principal diagnosis if patient checks out of hospital ama before work up is completed
Jul 22nd, 2011 -
re: leaving hosp before work up is completed
of course! You can only code to the highest specificity available. If it was chest pain and nothing found, then code 786.50