Between advocacy and deception: The ethics of diagnostic code manipulation and severity inflation in dermatology.
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- 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.10.014
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- 2026 Oct 13
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- Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.jaad.2026.10.014,
title = {Between advocacy and deception: The ethics of diagnostic code manipulation and severity inflation in dermatology.},
author = {Morales JK and Grant-Kels JM},
year = {2026},
journal = {Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology},
doi = {10.1016/j.jaad.2026.10.014},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2026.10.014}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Between advocacy and deception: The ethics of diagnostic code manipulation and severity inflation in dermatology. AU - Morales JK AU - Grant-Kels JM PY - 2026 JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology DO - 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.10.014 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2026.10.014 ER -
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JK, M., & JM, G. (2026). Between advocacy and deception: The ethics of diagnostic code manipulation and severity inflation in dermatology.. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2026.10.014
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- pubmed · retrieved 2026-11-10T19:11:16.516Z