A co-morbidity is a disease or condition which exists ...

We can call this a background comorbidity. This is an artificial division. For any one patient, a particular disease could be an active problem – or even the main diagnosis - in one admission and a background comorbidity in another. However it can be useful to think about comorbidities in this way when coding. ................
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