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Hypertension & ICD-10

Raquel Shumway
2019-10-07

Changes came in coding Hypertensive Diseases when ICD-10 was adopted. The American Academy of Family Physicians magazine published an article "How to Document and Code for Hypertensive Diseases in ICD-10," which covers some of those changes.

The following topics with examples are included:

  • Essential (primary) hypertension
  • Hypertension & hypertensive heart disease
  • Hypertension & chronic kidney disease
  • Hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, and chronic kidney disease
  • Tobacco use or exposure in individuals with hypertensive diseases
  • Coding for secondary hypertension

Please Click here to go to the article for more information.