Cardiology Coding Alert

ICD-10-CM:

I25.10 Is an Inexact Match for Unspecified Cardiovascular Disease

But ICD-10 notes let you know this is the best option once 429.2 is obsolete. Part of ICD-10 preparation is improving documentation so it matches this highly specific code set. But you still may face cases where the documentation leaves you no choice but to apply an "unspecified" code. If you find yourself with nothing more to work with than [...]
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