I was wondering if anyone has heard that when a physician uses a / between conditions that the physician is indicating the condition following the / is to be ruled out. For example right arm weakness/TIA would only be coded to the right arm weakness because the / is a common symbol in outpatient coding that indicates rule out. What documentation is there to support this is a common symbol to indicate rule out ?
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