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== Influenza virus == | == Influenza virus == | ||
Usually what is a flu dx coded as? | Usually what is a flu dx coded as? | ||
**The flu is condidered an URTI.--[[User:CMarks|CMarks]] 11:51, 2015 May 6 (CDT) | |||
*The "flu" is not a diagnostic code, the virus itself is a pathogen, see note below: | *The "flu" is not a diagnostic code, the virus itself is a pathogen, see note below: | ||
**{{discussion}} what main code would one use for "traditional" flu, with an identified flu virus? Would it be simply the appropriate choice in [[:Category:Pneumonia]]? | **{{discussion}} what main code would one use for "traditional" flu, with an identified flu virus? Would it be simply the appropriate choice in [[:Category:Pneumonia]]? | ||