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What conditions should be coded based on the Medicare definitions of the principal and secondary diagnoses?
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What is an admit diagnosis?
The definition of a Admit Diagnoses is the patients complaint when they appear for service. CC=Chief compliant- Admit diagnoses, Under the HPI which is the H &P it states pt was given a diagnoses of gastroenteritis. that is a working diagnosis for the physician to further follow up. There fore the admitting Dx are the chief complaint diagnoses of fever , vomiting and diarrhea. I would list the codes in the order they document them Does that make better sense? The principal is correct, other is only one secondary and that is dehydration
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