"I was shocked by the degree to which these physicians were willing to testify, in my opinion in an unscientific way, to deny a dying plaintiff - suffering the aftermath of a lifetime of smoking - a fair trial," said Robert Jackler, MD, professor and chair of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, referring to the physicians cited in the study as a "pool of experts willing to say over and over again that smoking didn't cause cancer." The study was published online July 17 in Laryngoscope
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If the documentation shows a patient who is a smoker with COPD and acute bronchitis, with symptoms of shortness of breath and cough, assign the following codes: J44.0 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection F17.210 Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, uncomplicated Here, codes are not assigned for cough and shortness of breath since these symptoms are common to both COPD and acute bronchitisboth confirmed diagnoses
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