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AAA Diagosis Coding

Date: Oct 5, 2020

Question:

What are the diagnosis codes for an AAA repair? Would I use I71.4 and Z95.828? My thoughts are that the AAA is still being monitored annually, but the Z code indicates the repair. Would this be correct?

Question ID : 14518
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