hospice sequencing
Patient on hospice for ESRD....also has DM, HTN and HF....how is this sequenced? does the DM always have to come first?
Patient on hospice for ESRD....also has DM, HTN and HF....how is this sequenced? does the DM always have to come first?
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I've usually coded this scenario with the "hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure and with stage 5 or ESRD" (I13.2) primary, followed by your diabetes code, then the code for ESRD.