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  • Posted by supercoder.newbee 2 years ago. There are 2 posts. The latest reply is from Janice Decorpo.

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  1. supercoder.newbee
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    Posted 2 years ago #

    A patient presented in our office and said that his defibrillator was firing. What diagnosis code is appropriate for this?

  2. Janice Decorpo
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    Posted 2 years ago #

    it depends was it firing because there was a malfunctionwith the system or because he had tachy or brady or something of that nature

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