CAD and HTN
If a patient has CAD (I25.10) and also has HTN (I10), would the HTN automatically be considered as hypertensive heart disease (I11.9)? Or does "hypertensive heart disease" have to actually be stated in the documentation?
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-----Original Message-----
From: April Brooks [mailto:April.D.Brooks@comhs.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2017 1:17 PM
To: HomeCareCoding-L
Subject: [homecarecoding-l] CAD and HTN
If a patient has CAD (I25.10) and also has HTN (I10), would the HTN automatically be considered as hypertensive heart disease (I11.9)? Or does "hypertensive heart disease" have to actually be stated in the documentation?
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-----Original Message-----
From: April Brooks [mailto:April.D.Brooks@comhs.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2017 1:25 PM
To: HomeCareCoding-L
Subject: RE:[homecarecoding-l] CAD and HTN
Ok. Thank you. I was just wondering.
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