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Feb 27th, 2016 - BethSaurwein
Influenza A coding
J09.Xa
or J10.1 Influenza A with resp. symptoms
J11.1 Unspecified with resp. symptoms
I have been seeing it coded in many variations. The encoder has A/H5N1 as a selection & I am seeing it picked up on ED cases when the physician indicates "Influenza A".