Sequencing

I just want to clarify something because I'm not sure if this is the correct thing to do.
I work for a specialty (cardiology) and I was told by someone higher up to only code that specialty dx's. However, sometimes a pt has renal failure or resp failure which does attribute to why the pt is being seen in the hospital. I was also told that only cardiology should be listed first but sometimes we see them only because of elevated trop.. which is an unspecified abnormal serum testing code...so...

Sequencing

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