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Ruling Out the ‘Rule-Out’ Diagnosis

2008-09-08

The term rule out is commonly used in outpatient care to eliminate a suspected condition or disease. While this term works well for clinicians and supports medical-legal requirements, it wreaks ...

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V Codes in Radiology and Reimbursement

2008-06-30

ICD-9-CM "V" codes are a great help to coders in both inpatient and outpatient settings, but they come with strict parameters where reimbursement is concerned. In most cases, V-codes ...

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