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Thursday, May 17, 2007

V61.5 & V25.2

When a pt comes in for a tubal ligation, use V25.2 as your first listed dx code.

I have seen V61.5 being used. According to the ICD-9-CM Coding book, this is an unacceptable principle dx.
Posted by Jackie at 12:17 PM
Labels: V codes

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