Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 26 MAS 642 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Coexisting Conditions
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The idea
Code all documented conditions that coexist at the visit and affect the patient's care, treatment or management.
In practice
A patient seen for a sinus infection who also has diabetes affecting treatment would have both coded.
Where people slip
Do not code conditions that were treated before and no longer exist.
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