HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2021 Issue 5 (February)

Q&A: Determining PDX selection

February 2nd, 2021

Q: When two conditions are both present on admission, both meet definition to be the principal diagnosis (PDX), and are “equally treated,” my understanding is that the condition does not have to be equally treated in the sense of duration/frequency. Can you provide the actual verbiage of the coding rule and explain?

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