PHYSICIAN ALLIANCE OF THE ROCKIES

RAF Coding Guidance for Appropriate Documentation. Diabetes: Approach adult diabetic patients with an expectation of having some chronic diabetic complication. Usual suspects are: retinopathy, microalbuminuria, peripheral neuropathy, PAD, and dyslipidemia. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)/peripheral vascular disease (PVD) warrants mention as it is both a diabetic complication (code … ................
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