Theresa Butts
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Hello! My question is in regard to diabetes coding and the guidelines. As you know, "with" is immediately listed under the main term "Diabetes, diabetic". If the patient has hypertension, CKD and diabetes, I understand the guidelines tell us we are to presume a causal relationship between diabetes and CKD and use code E11.22; however, if the documentation clearly indicates the diabetes is without complications, what code do we use for the diabetes? E11.9? Thank you in advance for your assistance.