Q&A: Medical necessity for chronic migraines in ICD-10-CM
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Q&A: Medical necessity for chronic migraines in ICD-10-CM
Q: What terms need to be included in physician documentation to code in ICD-10-CM whether the patient’s migraine is chronic, intractable, or with status migrainosus?
 

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