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Reporting the same code more than once
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.B.12
“Each unique ICD-10-CM diagnosis code may be reported only once for an encounter.”
Where this applies
This is a general rule. It applies to code assignment everywhere, not to one code or group of codes.
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