Problem: As a nurse working for a major health insurance company, many patients would call in to obtain a machine to monitor their blood sugar levels. As staff, we had to enter the correct diagnosis code for the machine for it to be approved for billing.
a. What type of machine do think they were calling in to obtain?
b. What would be some diagnosis codes that may be used for billing/coding?
c. Why do they think a patient should have one of these machines, why or why not?
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