If cellulitis is noticed when a patient is being treated for an open wound, how should the coder report this encounter?
A) Code only the open wound.
B) Code only the cellulitis.
C) Code the open wound first with an additional code for cellulitis.
D) Code the cellulitis first with an additional code for the open wound.
C
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