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Dual anti platelet therapy coding without specifics.

Date: Dec 15, 2020

Question:

Can you clarify what the ICD-10 code should be for a physician who specifies "dual anti-platelet therapy" without specifics to which anti-platelet/anti-thrombotic drugs are in use? Based on my own reading I've always gone with Z79.02 and Z79.82; however, I've been recently advised that only Z79.02 would be appropriate.

Question ID : 14756
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