Statement of Principles 24 of 2012 atherosclerotic ...

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 diabetes with peripheral circulatory dysfunction with or without gangrene) and it risk adjusts as a separate vascular code. ................
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