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Diagnoses

Diagnosis codes are added one time to the pending claim or until all available diagnosis code fields are populated in the following order.

  • The first diagnosis of the Claim-Header-encounter is populated as the Principal Diagnosis.
  • The first diagnosis, if unique, of all subsequent encounters will be added in order.
  • The second diagnosis, if unique, of all encounters will be added.
  • The third diagnosis, if unique, of all encounters will be added.