Georgia-based health IT and medical records company Ciox Health, LLC., filed a lawsuit against HHS over limits on the fees patients can be charged for copies of their own medical records.
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Medical records company sues HHS over patient access fee schedule
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Georgia-based health IT and medical records company Ciox Health, LLC., filed a lawsuit against HHS over limits on the fees patients can be charged for copies of their own medical records.
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"When coding for HIV in ICD-10-CM, patients with HIV infection who are admitted during pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (the period of about six weeks after childbirth), have different coding guidelines as codes from Chapter 15 of the ICD-10-CM manual always take sequencing priority."

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